KARACHI:The Enquiries and Anti-corruption Establishment (E and ACE) taking serious note of the fake phone calls made in the name of its chairman to the officers of different provincial departments and authorities, including KDA has initiated an inquiry under cybercrime laws.
Chairman E and ACE Dr Nawaz Shaikh through a statement on Saturday said that some fraudulent people through a four-digit web-based called officers of different provincial departments, authorities such as KDA, autonomous bodies and semi-government departments and demanded bribery on his behalf [chairman].
The statement says that the E and ACE never makes phone calls for any inquiry or complaints to the officers but to entertain any complaint or inquiry there is an official procedure for which call up notices are issued after initial inquiries.
The fake calls in the name of the chairman are aimed at defaming the department and tarnishing its image. The anti-corruption establishment has initiated an inquiry into the matter on its own and through FIA so that such unscrupulous elements could be brought to book.
The chairman ACE urged the officers of all the provincial government departments to file their complaints of fake calls on 021-99211891, 99211251, Fax-021-99218226 or contact Dilip Kumar and Director Legal Naeem Khanzada.