PEMRA dismisses two employees over corruption charges
Pakistan
They had been accused of accepting bribes to facilitate job placements in foreign office
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has dismissed two of its employees for involvement in financial corruption and misuse of their positions.
The dismissed officials are former deputy director at PEMRA’s Regional Office in Gujranwala, Qasim Abbas, and former junior assistant at PEMRA’s regional office Multan, Mujahid Abbas.
The disciplinary action followed an inquiry initiated on a complaint filed by Shahid Iqbal. The complainant alleged that both employees had accepted bribes to facilitate job placements in Foreign Office.
Both employees failed to defend their actions during an inquiry leading to their dismissal from service by PEMRA.
