Pakistan has dismissed two officials of the Department of Explosives under the Petroleum Division of the Ministry of Energy over illegal deals.
The officials were said to have engaged in illegal granting of licences to several oil terminals, abused their offices and misstating facts, disregarding public safety and standard protocol of safety measures in issuing licences.
The two officials are Mr. Raj Kumar and Mr Muhammad Mubeen Ahmed.
Their dismissal followed the report of a committee set up to investigate allegations of kickback of award of licences for oil terminals and violating safety distances.
A statement signed by Muhammad Omar Farooq Muhar, Section Officer (Explosives) at the Petroleum Division of the Ministry of Energy, said the two officials have up to 30 days to appeal to the decision.
1. Petroleum division has dismissed two officials of Department of Explosive (DoE) from the service over illegal grant of licenses to several oil terminals, abuse of office & misstating facts,disregarding public safety and standard protocol of safety measures in issuing licenses pic.twitter.com/KX9x6tnjCb
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