{"id":11807,"date":"2025-09-28T06:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=11807"},"modified":"2025-09-28T06:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:01:49","slug":"pak-epa-terminates-senior-officials-over-misconduct-inefficiency-and-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/28\/pak-epa-terminates-senior-officials-over-misconduct-inefficiency-and-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak-EPA Terminates Senior Officials Over Misconduct, Inefficiency, and Corruption Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pak-EPA Terminates Senior Officials Over Misconduct, Inefficiency, and Corruption Allegations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Nadeem Tanoli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Islamabad: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination has terminated the contracts of two senior officials of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) following allegations of misconduct, inefficiency, negligence, and corruption. The decision, taken in August and September 2025, has intensified calls for transparency and accountability within Pakistan\u2019s environmental institutions.
\nAccording to official documents, Ms. Zakia Javed, serving as National Project Manager of the Biosafety Clearing House (Pak-BCH), and Ms. Mehnaz Pari, appointed as Law Officer (PPS-7), were removed from service after termination orders were issued by the Ministry. The two officers had been controversially appointed during the tenure of former Pak-EPA Director General , who is herself under suspension and facing departmental inquiries before the Anti-Corruption Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Islamabad.
\nThe termination notice against Ms. Mehnaz Pari, dated 21 August 2025, detailed repeated incidents of unauthorized absences, late attendance, failure to complete official assignments, negligence in handling legal cases, and the unauthorized removal of records from the Admin Section of the BCH Project. Authorities noted that her failure to appear before the Environmental Tribunal led to the dismissal of five cases filed by Pak-EPA, with her conduct described as \u201ccasual and non-serious,\u201d directly undermining the agency\u2019s performance.
\nMs. Zakia Javed was similarly removed through an order issued on 22 September 2025. She faced charges of inefficiency, gross misconduct, and negligence in the execution of her responsibilities as National Project Manager. Both terminations were made under the contractual provisions requiring a 30-day notice period, with reference to Civil Service rules allowing the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) to advise on unjustified appointments.
\nThe Ministry clarified that the dismissals were carried out \u201cin the best interest of the public at large and the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA),\u201d directing both officers to hand over all official files, property, and records to the Admin Section before leaving office.
\nWhen contacted, Interim Director General of Pak-EPA Mrs. Nazia Zeb Ali declined to provide details, calling it an \u201cinternal departmental matter\u201d approved by the Secretary of the Ministry. She stated, \u201cThis termination was done with the Secretary\u2019s approval. It\u2019s an internal move, and I do not find it necessary to disclose further details.\u201d
\nThe action comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of Pak-EPA and its Biosafety Clearing House Project, where questions have been raised regarding controversial appointments, misuse of authority, and weak enforcement of environmental law. Civil society groups have repeatedly demanded merit-based appointments, institutional reforms, and stronger oversight to restore public confidence in the agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pak-EPA Terminates Senior Officials Over Misconduct, Inefficiency, and Corruption Allegations Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination has terminated the contracts of two senior officials of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) following allegations of misconduct, inefficiency, negligence, and corruption. The decision, taken in August and September 2025, has intensified calls …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[538,1182,2042,1761,2239,2237,2240,1220,2238,777],"class_list":["post-11807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-accountability","tag-climatechangepakistan","tag-corruptionscandal","tag-environmentalgovernance","tag-governmentreforms","tag-pakistanenvironment","tag-pakistansinstitutions","tag-publicaccountability","tag-transparency","tag-pakepa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11809,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11807\/revisions\/11809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}