ECP cancels transfers in EPD

FAISALABAD: Taking notice of transfers and postings in the wake of by-elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday cancelled transfers of seven inspectors of the Environment Protection Department (EPD) with immediate effect.

According to the spokesperson for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the ECP has imposed a ban on all types of transfers and postings due to by-elections in PP-97 Jhumra, Faisalabad-I on July 17 but it was brought to the notice of District Monitoring Officer PP-97 Zarvia Anwar that Deputy Director Environment Faisalabad Farhat Abbas had violated the orders of ECP by transferring seven Inspectors.

Taking notice, the ECP cancelled the transfers of Inspectors: Khalid Mahmood, Rana Riaz Ahmed, Mazhar Fareed, Mazhar Abbas, Moaz Maroof, Muhammad Imtiaz and Rana Siddique.

The ECP directed the heads of all provincial departments to comply with the orders in letter and spirit, otherwise strict disciplinary action would be initiated against them.