Political appointments mar performance of NICVD: Haleem.

KARACHI -- Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) in Provincial Assembly of Sindh Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that performance of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Karachi is marred due to massive corruption, mismanagement and nepotism and the main culprit in this regard is the political appointments in this national institution.

Haleem Adil Sheikh said despite getting millions of rupees in terms of monthly salaries the top officials of the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) were absent for the last three months. The PTI leader said this while addressing a press conference outside the Sindh Assembly Building here.

He said a retired person was appointed as head of NICVD on political grounds, who was receiving Rs6.5 million salary per month but did not bother to attend his office in last three months. Executive Director of NICVD Nadeem Qamar did not attend his office even in present crisis situation, he added.

Haleem Adil Shaikh pointed out that the NICVD was under debt of Rs16 billion at the moment.

He said an amount of Rs40,000 from each angioplasty procedure which was performed at the NICVD deposited into a special pool, which was onward distributed to the accounts of ED NICVD and other officials. This is tax payers' money but the way they used it, is illegal and injustice, he added.

He said that the NICVD Welfare Trust was established, which was illegal because no government hospital or entity could form trust with its own name. The NICVD Trust was established but there was no accountability of the Trust, he added.

He said that the Board of Director of NICVD comprised 12 members. He said the secretary of the trust has opened the account of this trust in a private bank. He said same political appointees are leading this trust. Huge corruption is made in the name of this trust, as it is above any accountability and audit. He said Sindh chief minister is...