Three names shortlisted for KWSB CEO slot
The names of top officers from Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar have been finalized for the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) slot of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB).
KARACHI: The mystery of the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has been solved. The final names have come out in the list, the names of Syed Zahid Uzair (Lahore Wasa), Nasir Ghafoor Khan (Peshawar Wasa) and Syed Salahuddin (Karachi KWSS IIP-PD) should be sent to the Chief Minister Sindh along with Secretary Local Government, Chief Secretary Sindh.
The final name will be decided by Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and after the approval of the Sindh Cabinet, the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director will be issued.
Syed Salahuddin is the Project Director Karachi Water Sewerage Services Infrastructure Improvement Project (KWSSIIP) from Karachi.
Syed Zahid Aziz, Managing Director of Lahore WASA, has been working for 11 and a half years since March 2011. Vasa succeeded in computerizing all workings with Digital Tax Working. They have managed to recover 95% per month.
Nasir Ghafoor Khan, chief engineer of Peshawar Wasa, has also been the supervisor of the water and sewerage project. He has performed his duties as an engineer in various institutions. For the first time he has been elected as CEO, Managing Director in Karachi outside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
93 present and retired officers from the country and abroad, including Karachi, submitted applications for appointment to the post of chief executive officer, including former managing director Asadullah Khan, Qadir Baloch, Shakeel Qureshi, Ayub Sheikh, Saleem Siddiqui, Amitaz Magsi, The applications of Hasan Ejaz Kazmi, working in international financial institutions and other officers including several chief executives of multinational companies have been rejected.
Reliable sources said that due to the delay of the consultant company Saadat and Haider, many questions have been raised on its transparency and impartiality because many applicants were called for interviews or discussions in order to get a favourable opinion.
Some highly qualified candidates have been ignored altogether. Several dozen domestic and foreign applicants have been confirmed to have been ignored and not contacted. In this regard, neither the applications were verified, nor the degrees were checked, and no one’s name was confirmed in writing.