LAHORE: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has taken notice of registration of a case against 11 officers of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and ordered a high-level inquiry into the matter.
According to a Lesco spokesman here Wednesday, the minister issued these directives after having a meeting with representatives of Lesco Engineers Association (Lesco-LEA).
Engineers- Rana Waseem, Muhammad Ramzan Butt and Rai Asghar were prominent among others in the meeting, he mentioned.
The spokesman quoted Ahsan Iqbal that action would be taken against FIA officials responsible for registering baseless case against Lesco officers.
The spokesman added that during the meeting, Lesco-LEA members briefed the interior minister that FIA case aimed at implicating the Lesco officers in Iqbal Town Sub-Division fraud case without having solid evidences/reasons.
The interior minister assured the LEA of developing engineers’ service structure at the earliest, the spokesman concluded.
