Shamail Ahmad Kh inaugurates ACE reception and complaint cell

Lahore : Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Punjab Shamail Ahmad Khawaja today paid a visit to the Anti-Corruption Establishment Headquarter at Fareed Kot House, Lahore. On this occasion, he formally inaugurated the recently established Complaint Cell and Reception Desk. Secretary Services Punjab Farhan Aziz Khawaja also accompanied him.

The ACS was given a detailed briefing on the progress in technical training of the human resource deployed in Anti-Corruption Establishment Punjab along with the proposed reorganization plan for curbing the corrupt elements more effectively.

DG Anti-Corruption Establishment Punjab Brig. Retd. Muzaffar Ali Ranjha apprised the ACS and Secretary Services Punjab that for the first time in the history of ACE Punjab, the intake has been overtaken during the present regime as the disposal rate of anti-corruption cases has exceeded the intake of under investigation inquiries per month. This target has been achieved through timely completion of under investigation as well as pending inquiries. The ACS Shamail Ahmad Khawaja termed it the result of concerted efforts with synergic cooperation of all the stakeholders.

He directed the ACE officials to deal the corrupt elements with iron hand but utmost care should be taken while charge sheeting the accused so that no innocent person would have to pay the price just on account of careless enquiry on  the part of any ACE officials. The Punjab government will ensure that the honest government officials would be safeguarded any way, he added.

Shamail Ahmad Khawaja visited centralized IT Room of the ACE Headquarter. He hoped on the occasion that the purpose built offices of Anti-Corruption Regions of Sargodha and Sahiwal within the stipulated period.