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Data on Suicide Why cold and free hand for Chughtai Mr. Chughtai retired from the State bank of Pakistan after completing his two times tenure of six years and receiving all his double benefits of retirement including a Honda Accord Car at zero book value. Being an influential person having roots in the bureaucracy of Pakistan, he got appointment order on very high financial package from the Ministry of finance as President of ZTBL (ADBP). The whole world and the nation of Pakistan is fully aware of his irregular, inhumane and mismanagement activities he put all the nation in crisis and trouble by making the staff jobless and dislocated. The atmosphere of the bank was so much disturbed and terrible that the performance of the bank which is the source of boosting the main and productive sector i.e Agriculture by which our economy gets all progress and development, perturbed and slowed. For his such anti nation activities, greedy and unmature decisions the Senate Committee took notice and called him in the chamber and rebuked him to stop his anti nation activities for about one year continuously but he remained stuborn in his activities and increased the worries of the staff and looted the national exchequer for his own benefits and interests. At last the senate committee recommended his removal from services and legal action against him but he continued his services as the President of bank and started revengeful actions against the staff and looted the Bank finances as a result there of the staff also went on strikes and slogans so much so that they braought Dogs writing his name in their necks. At last the Supreme court of Pakistan took sue moto action against him for his irregular and international activities but he was only shifted from ZTBL to another Govt corporation. God knows why he was not removed from further service and took legal action against him. The fearful nation is expecting more chances of corruption ,anti national activities and harmful works to be committed by him in the new corporation. Would the NAB, FIA, MIU, ISI and Ministry concerned take legal action in the light of the actions suggested by the Senate committee. Dr. Ali Akbar M Dhakan
Teachers' posting Imposing a ban on the transfers of government servants for various administrative reasons is a routine matter. It is lifted sooner or later. But the case of those lecturers who were appointed in 2002 on the recommendations of SPSC is different. They were made to accept the appointment on the condition that they will have to work at the place of first posting for 10 years. This condition would not have caused much trouble if they had bean given postings in their home districts. But they were given a list of colleges to opt for their posting. Now almost all lecturers from that unlucky batch are languishing in colleges very far off from their homes. They either commute between their colleges and residences or have acquired rented accommodations. They also find it very difficult to pursue higher studies or engage in any other productive activity. They are going to complete five years in these troubled circumstances. The Sindh chief minister should ban the arrangement or I at least reduce it to five years. Saifullah Abbasi
Civil Hospital in tatters After the recent incident of fire in the PNC building, which frightened the entire population of Karachi for having no adequate fire-fighting system, the Civil Hospital of Karachi's board of governors, headed by a retired bureaucrat, also finally woke up from the slumber as reported in Dawn (Feb 23). The BoG has decided to provide safety services, i.e., fire escapes and fire extinguishers/equipment hitherto not available to the hospital. Although realisation of such a basic prerequisite is much belated, yet, as the saying goes, 'it is better late than never'. I, however, want to draw the attention of the hospital's BoG to other problems this institution is facing, i.e., lack of maintenance of the infrastructure, sanitation, service to patients and their attendants and discipline. Moreover, many unscrupulous traders have illegally established permanent shops along the walls of the hospital. All kinds vehicles, some emitting poisonous gas, are allowed near the hospital, posing danger to the lives of pedestrians. Roads around the hospital are broken, littered with waste and sending clouds of dust whenever some vehicle passes. Besides, the entire walls and staircases of the hospital building were red with spits of betel nut and 'paan'. The hospital gives an impression more of a mediaeval bazaar than a 21st century medical centre catering for the wellbeing of millions of extremely poor segment. I hope the BoG will rise to the occasion. Mansoorul Haq Solangi |