Forty officers of Pakistani paramilitary forces have been suspended and 20 others are being investigated for financial corruption in Balochistan projects.
According to details, forty personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) South Balochistan posted in Makran Division, have been suspended after allegations of financial corruption were proved against them, while twenty more are under investigation for financial corruption. The officers are accused of embezzlement in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
The Inspector General Frontier Corps (IGFC) South Balochistan; Major General Sarfraz launched an investigation after reports of widespread corruption and looting in the CPEC project. The investigation revealed that 40 FC officials stationed in South Balochistan, including Kech, Gwadar and Panjgur districts, were found guilty to be regularly involved in financial corruption.
Forty accused officers were suspended from their posts when the evidence and documents presented against them proved true, while the investigation is currently underway against 20 others who are accused of corruption in CPEC project.
According to reports, several accused officials got themselves transferred to other cities by using influence and sources after the investigation initiated by IGFC.
CPEC project between Pakistan and China is a multi-billion dollars project based in southern Balochistan. According to reports, Pakistan started strengthening its military siege in the southern part of Balochistan from the beginning of the project, at the same time the FC stationed in Southern part was named Fc South. Turbat was made its headquarters, where hundreds of new outposts and check posts were set up including a huge increase of military activities.
Balochistan’s parliamentarians had also stated that billions of dollars were given to Pakistan by China in the name of CPEC project, where leaving the provincial government completely indifferent, the Pakistan Army commenced the work. Moreover the tenders of the road construction were also given to the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), which is a subsidiary of the army, politicians said.
As per the locals, the FWO built the Gwadar to Hoshap M8 road and further from there N95 road, but that ordinary two-lane road is not eligible for such a big project like CPEC. All the small and big bridges built on that road were already collapsed within a year, they said.
Local residents said that CPEC project funded by China to Pakistan is nowhere to be seen without a two-lane road, which is not even useful for local journeys due to the poor construction and maintenance.