KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Revenue and Relief Makhdoom Mehboob uz Zaman has taken the notice of a news item published in a section of the press about malpractices of the revenue department and warned the department’s alleged corrupt officers and officials to avoid such practices; otherwise, stern action will be taken against them.
The protesters claimed that Mukhtiarkar Qasimabad office demands bribe for every business related to their office as the corruption was on its peak in all revenue offices of Hyderabad. They blamed that employees of Mukhtiarkar Qasimabad office were receiving Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 for issuing sale certificate while the original government fees was only Rs 500.
The minister directed secretary revenue department to probe complains and submit report as soon as possible. “We cannot tolerate any act of corruption or disobedience causing defamation to whole revenue department. All such blacksheep of revenue department will be treated with iron hands and their services will be terminated,” the minister warned. He assured the estate agents that their issues and complains would be redressed soon.