ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, 85 officers and officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have been removed from their current positions on the recommendation of a secret agency.
When contacted, a senior officer on condition of anonymity informed that the CDA management, in light of reports received from secret agencies regarding alleged involvement in misconduct, inefficiency, and corrupt practices, decided to remove them from their posts with immediate effect. He, however, added that it remains unclear what kind of proceedings would be initiated against them in the coming days.
According to three separate office orders issued on November 6, the CDA Chairman approved the decision, directing the officers to report to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Directorate until further orders. The orders were signed by Director HRD-I Waheed Abbas Bhatti and Deputy Director HRD-II Mian Usman Ud Din.
The large-scale move affects staff across several directorates, including Water Supply, Law, Planning, Enforcement, Environment, Works, and Mechanical Divisions. Among the senior officials are Sardar Khan Zimiri, Director Water Distribution / DG Islamabad Water (OPS); Abdul Hakeem Burrio, Director Law; Muttaraz Ali Shah, Director Training Academy and Additional Charge Director Labour Relations; and Rana Tariq Mehmood, DDG Metro Bus.
Other officers instructed to report to HRD include Iftikhar Ali Haider (Director Admin/HR/Law, Islamabad), Muhammad Kashif Shah (Deputy Director HR), Zafar Iqbal (Additional Director E&D), Shafi Manwar (Director Civil), Omar Sagheer (Director Civil), Usman Rasheed (Deputy Director Civil), Ammar Idrees (Deputy Director Works), Muhammad Atta Ullah (Director Executive S&C CDA), Asif Majeed (Director Environment-East), Ikhlaq Hussain (Deputy Director E&M), Ajazul Hasan (Deputy Director Civil), Sheikh Zeeshan (Deputy Director SWM), Aurangzeb Bajkani (Deputy Director Environment), Syed Abid Shah (Deputy Director Environment), Shiraz Sami Khan (Deputy Director Executive Cadre), Muhammad Haneef (Deputy Director UP-II), Zulfiqar Junejo (Assistant Director Executive Cadre), Nasir Abbas (Assistant Director E&M), Ali Asghar Goapna (Assistant Director Civil), Abdul Hafeez (Project Manager DMA), Sana Ullah Virk (Assistant Director Civil), Irfan Khan (Assistant Director Executive), Arif Ali (Assistant Director Civil), Khalid Khokhar (Assistant Director Civil), Mazhar Abbas (Assistant Director Civil), Asif Iqbal (Assistant Director E&M), and Aqil Zardari (Assistant Director Law).
The list also includes mid-level and field officials such as Muhammad Ramzan (AAO Accounts), Sheikh Faizan (Assistant Director Executive), Rizwan Sarwar (Assistant Director Fire Audit Prevention), Badar Maqsood (Assistant Director Enforcement), Wazir Zafar Abbas (AAO Land Directorate), Sajjad Hussain (Assistant Director Civil), Seema Begum (Assistant Director CDA Model School), Mehran Chandio (DAO Special Project-II), Mehran Khan (DAO Maintenance-II), Saleem Minhas (Audit Officer DMA), Pehman Sumro (AAO DMA), Usman Lashari (Assistant Director Enforcement), Ijazul Mughal (Inspector Enforcement), Ateeque-ur-Rehman (Range Officer BPS-16), Shahid Khan (Inspector Enforcement), Imran Khokhar (Admin Officer), Nadeem Settlement (Officer Treasury Division), Sagaman Khan (Admin Officer Environment), Ali Gulab (Sub-Engineer Civil), Fakhar Abbas Shah (Inspector Enforcement), Malik Faiz (Inspector DMA), Farhan Sikandar (DAO Compilation-I), and Imran Akhtar (AO EM-II).
Another batch includes lower-grade and support staff: Muhammad Asif (Patwari DC CDA Office), Abid Hussain (Patwari DC CDA Office), Sanam Shah (Sub-Assistant Mechanical Division), Gulzar Ahmed (Sub-Assistant Simly Dam Division), Muhammad Hanif (Sub-Assistant Special Projects), Nauman Khan (Junior Assistant DC CDA Office), Amir Sunny (Junior Assistant Planning Wing), Agha Muhammad Waqas (Junior Assistant Works Directorate), Waqas Ali Bhatti (Junior Assistant Law Directorate), Ghulam Mujtaba (Junior Assistant DC Office), Adil Tariq (Senior Assistant PR Directorate), Junaid Anwar (Junior Assistant SWM Directorate), Saeed Akhtar (Junior Assistant DC Office), Muhammad Ibrar (Junior Assistant DC Office), Amir Raza Mughal (Junior Assistant PM&E), Rashid Mehmood (Patwari DC Office), Mudasir Hussain (Patwari DC Office), Iqbal Hussain (Patwari DC Office), Aqrash Mehmood (Sub-Assistant Enforcement Directorate), Muhammad Aurangzeb (Sub-Assistant Planning Wing), Sadaf Ali Jr. (Assistant Planning Wing), Hasan Akhtar (Patwari DC Office), Farhan Haseeb (Sub-Assistant OWO Directorate), Shaheen Ahmed (Sub-Engineer Works Directorate), Kaleem Badshah (Sub-Engineer Sector Development), Tahir Hussain (Sub-Engineer Parks Directorate), Muhammad Khursheed (Forest Guard Parks Directorate), Jazaiz Khan (Gardawar DC Office), and Kashif Bahir (Foreman Water Supply Directorate).
Officials said that all affected personnel have been instructed to relinquish charge and report immediately. The HR Directorate will oversee further scrutiny and possible disciplinary proceedings in the coming weeks.
The sweeping action — one of the largest in recent years — has stirred concern among CDA staff, with insiders describing it as an unprecedented measure driven by intelligence findings rather than internal departmental audits.
