PSGPC Ghost employment scam emerges in Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
Islamabad: An alleged ghost employment scam spiriting away around 38 crore Pakistani rupees has now surfaced in the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC), media reports said.
The case involves its current and former office-bearers as well as a few Sikh political leaders.
According to sources, many prominent Sikh leaders of Pakistan who have held and are also currently holding prominent posts in PSGPC and are also politically active have enrolled as many as 80 persons on the rolls of PSGPC, reports Zee News.
“Most of these ghost employees are the relatives or the near ones of Sikh leadership including one 80 years old person who has been appointed in a Gurdwara and is drawing a salary of around Rs 20000 for past over a decade,” alleged sources, adding that in past nearly two decades a total of 38 crores Pakistani rupees had been siphoned off from the PSGPC's account.
When contacted, spokesperson of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) which is the overarching body of PSGPC, Aamir Hashmi told Zee News, “These are fake news and don't have an iota of truth."
He further alleged that there were certain elements who were hell-bent on tarnishing the image of PSGPC and the Sikh leadership.
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