Govt counts on Padma-accused Mosharraf

OSD Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, accused in Padma bridge graft case, has been made member of Privatisation Commission.

The public administration ministry issued a notification regarding the matter on Monday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission on December 17, 2012 filed a conspiracy case against seven officials including the then Bridge Division secretary Mosharraf.

The ACC dropped the names of former communications minister Syed Abul Hossain and former state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury from the list of accused.

According to the notification, Economic Relations Department (ERD) Secretary Abul Kalam Azad has been transferred as secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office. He has been replaced by Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) Secretary Md Mesbah Uddin.

Member of Privatisation Commission Suraiya Begum has been transferred to the IMED as its secretary.

The contractual appointment of Molla Wahiduzzaman, secretary of PMO, will be terminated on January 17. Azad will join the post the same day.