Salaries of ghost government employees freezed in Khyber Agency

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By Ashrafuddin Pirzada 


 LANDIKOTAL:Taking action against absent government employees officials on Wednesday freezed salaries of 11 sweepers in Landikotal tehsil of Khyber agency in Fata.

Asistant political agent of Landikotal Niaz Muhammad and tehsildar Shamsul Islam said that on the repeated public complaints they freezed salaires of 11 sweepers on their poor performance and prolonged absence from duty. He said services of the ghost employees were also suspended.

Niaz said total 25 sweepers had been recruited for Landikotal bazaar and regularly receiving salaries. He said during the past few months several of them were missing from their duties. He said while some of them were failed to ensure full time duty and keep the Landikotal bazaar clean. 

The official said they also initiated inquiry against the ghost employees and would take final step in this regards soon.

The officials also comprised a team headed by tehsildar Landikotal to conduct raids on substandard and expired juices and other daily commodities. Tehsildar Shamsul Islam said they also burnt a huge quantity of substandard snackes collected from Landikotal bazaars. 

It may be mentioned here that the missing sweepers were crossing the pak-afghan border every day and  perform duties at the afghan side of Torkham border.