SIALKOT: The role and legal action of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) against the political influential corrupt government officials and employees has become “ineffective” in Gujranwala Division, as the ACE seemed to be miserably failed in taking stern legal action against the corrupt government officials and employees, owing to their strong political influence.
According to the senior ACE officials, the ACE had yet registered separate corruption, fraud, funds embezzlement and misuse of departmental powers cases against as many as 700 government officials and employees during a period of the last 19 months (from January 1st, 2014 to July 31st 2015) in Gujranwala Division.
The ACE took nominal legal action against few corrupt employees, having no political influence. While, most of these 700 corrupt government accused officials and employees, despite being nominated in the FIRs against them, were still working on their lucrative and attractive posts and seats , as the ACE was still remaining reluctant to take action against these accused officials due to their mounted political influence.
The senior ACE officials added that the ACE Regional Directorate Gujranwala had also sent to ACE Provincial Headquarters Lahore several references against several corrupt government officials for recommending stern legal action against them, but there was no implementation on these references, in this regard.
The said accused government officials belonged to police, revenue, education, food, health, labour, forests, excise and taxation departments, district governments, TMAs, cooperatives, transport, WASA and other sectors as well. The accused were enjoying their complete political influence while still working on their attractive seats despite being implicated in corruption cases registered by ACE in Gujranwala Division…#
