Hassan nisar (the most ill mannaered ever born and the supporter of killer MQM).
Nazir Naji (kaalia bangali)
Hamid mir (CIA agent/chupa rustam)
Nusrat javed (the most anti-islamic and doesnt listen 2 anyone in his programe)
Najam Sethi (always half drunken and his face is like xtremist hindus if u have ever noticed)
Mubasshir Luqman (lover of women and killer MQM)
Abbas ather (uncleaned by birth and acts intermediary bw journslists 4 taking bribes 4m Gov)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
By Rauf Klasra

ISLAMABAD: The country’s premier gas company, the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), has “secretly” donated tens of millions of rupees to the elitist Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), it was learnt.

What may be more scandalous, however, is that in the same period the auditors have discovered that the company over billed its customers to the tune of Rs 1.4 billion in 2007-2008. The top guns of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources also reportedly discussed these scandalous issues in a recent meeting to come up with any justification for the alleged actions of the MD SGNPL, Abdul Rashid Lone, in order to satisfy the queries of the auditor general of Pakistan.

Talking to The News, Federal Secretary for Natural Gas and Petroleum Mahmood Saleem Mahmood confirmed that the SNGP had made a donation to LUMS in 2007-2008 but he disputed the figure of Rs 100 million and said only Rs10 million were paid. He also said, “We have already discussed this issue in our internal meeting on audit objections which I presided.”

Earlier, sources said, the huge donation, of millions of rupees was said to have been given to LUMS in a clear violation of the government policy in the very same year (2007-2008), when the SNGPL management had indulged in sending inflated gas bills to the tune of Rs1.4 billion and even recovered these amounts from the unsuspecting 0public.

The donation to a private elite institution like LUMS was said to have been made on the direction of SNGPL MD Abdul Rashid Lone. In an interesting linkage, in the past Rashid Lone had also remained in the employment of Packages Industries, owned by Syed Babar Ali, one of the most influential LUMS board members.

Official documents available with The News also reveal that on one hand huge donations were being doled out to LUMS and on the other, the SNGPL was sending inflated bills to the consumers to generate more money. The papers show that the SNGPL had over billed and collected a huge amount of Rs1.4 billion. The papers say the 4,236 million cubic feet of gas by volume was over billed.

Meanwhile, it has also been confirmed to The News that Rashid Lone has also given a job to his aging brother-in-law in SNGPL after his retirement from the same company in Lahore. He was given a job at a salary of of Rs348,750 per month in addition to other perks and privileges.

Now an official summary has been moved to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to give an extension to Mr.Lone for another couple of years in the name of his services to the country. Rashid Lone is the only officer in the country who was retired in 2003, but till date is serving on the same top position after he was given regular extensions in his job, first by General Musharraf regime and now by the PPP government. Earlier, when a team of Auditor General of Pakistan started the commercial audit of the accounts of the SNGPL for the year 2008-2009, it was revealed that a donation of Rs100 million was made to LUMS which was not allowed under the laws. It was pointed out that the Higher Education Commission already provides enough funds to run educational institutions, so paying of any additional amount was a burden on the gas consumers.

Now, it has been pointed out in the audit documents, currently being exchanged between office of the AGP and the SNGPL, that the payment of donation to LUMS was not justified, as it was neither related to SNGPL business nor promotes the same. The audit team pointed out this irregularity to the SNGPL through preliminary OM on March 3, 2009. But, the SNGPL preferred to ignore this official communication and is sitting on the serious allegations for the last five months.

However, Petroleum Secretary Mahmood Saleem Mahmood has recently presided over a meeting in his ministry to make the SGNPL officials to give replies to these serious charges against them.

The official documents also reveal that Rashid Lone issued a contract with his own signature on October 30, 2008, in the name of his brother in law Nadeem Shahryar (21-N, Model Town Extension, Lahore). He was appointed Head of Business Development Department. Ironically, this vacancy did not exist at all. He was given a job of Rs348,750 per month without any advertisement in the newspapers, interviews etc.

According to this contract, Shahryar was entitled to travel by sleepers AC in Railway and club class by air. Actual boarding, lodging and meals in 5 stars hotels or Rs3,000 per day shall be paid if own arrangements are made.

It may not be irrelevant to point out that Shahryar got retired from the SNGPL two years back and is getting other benefits he is entitled to as retired pensioner from the same company.

Natural Gas and Petroleum Secretary Mahmood Saleem Mahmood also confirmed that he had heard that Rashid Lone had been working in one of the private companies owned by Syed Babar Ali, who owns the LUMS. Saleem also confirmed that he had heard that Rashid Lone had given a lucrative job to his brother in laws in the SNGPL. But, the federal secretary said, he had only heard about this contract job, as he did not see any official contract papers to the effect.

When asked about the Rs1.4 billion over-billing in the same year when the donation was made to LUMS, Saleem expressed his complete ignorance about it.

This correspondent made telephone calls to Abdul Rashid Lone, but he refused to give his version on the long list of allegations against him for misusing his authority as MD SNGPL. The News, on Saturday, also Contacted LUMS legal Advisor and spokesman, Dr.Pervaz Hassan who said that he was responsible for all the communication with SNGPL and other institutions for such purposes.

He promised to give the version to the questions about the donation and promised to respond within twenty minutes after getting LUMS version. He never called back. Al subsequent calls made to his number went unanswered and much later one of his family members said that Mr.Hassan had gone out. Over twenty four hours later, Dr. Pervez has still not called back with his promised version.