By SKM
April 23, 2025
ISLAMABAD: In a rare development, the Board of National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has made its 6 officials OSD and removed them from their existing posts for showing utter negligence in performing their duties and causing the delay in the execution of some projects of paramount importance after evaluation of their performance in line with directions of Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Leghari.
Federal Minister for Power Sardar Owais Ahmad Khan Leghari earlier took the notice of bad performance of some officials during a review meeting of ongoing projects by the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC). As a result, the NTDC Board after evaluation of their performance has removed several officers from their current positions, including a Deputy Managing Director, two General Managers, a Chief Financial Officer, and three Chief Engineers, for negligence in their duties and causing unnecessary delays.
As per the press note, the Federal Minister for Power Division had recently taken notice of negligence and delays in NTDC’s ongoing and upcoming projects during a review meeting. During the meeting, the Federal Minister strongly urged the NTDC Board to conduct an immediate inquiry and identify those responsible for the failure to complete these projects on time.
The Federal Minister emphasized a policy of zero tolerance for any delays in ongoing projects and urged that all projects be completed within their scheduled timelines, noting that delays cause the country to suffer losses amounting to billions of rupees.
In the meeting, the NTDC Board discussed the company’s performance and devised strategies to improve organizational operations and address long-standing weaknesses in project planning and execution.
Based on ground realities, the NTDC Board held the company’s Planning Wing — headed by the Deputy Managing Director, two General Managers, and the Chief Financial Officer — responsible for this negligence and issued immediate orders to place them in the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) category.
Additionally, due to negligence in their duties, three Chief Engineers were also removed from their current positions. Furthermore, the Managing Director has been given two weeks to determine the responsibility of other managers, deputy managers, and staff involved, and to take appropriate action against them. Ends
