ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has distributed 2,000 subsidised tractors under the Benazir Tractor Scheme to persons nominated by the PPP ministers and parliamentarians, official sources told The News.
The balloting was doctored in such a manner that only the nominated persons of ministers, parliamentarians, local bodiesí nazims and office bearers of the ruling party received the subsidised tractors, officials revealed to The News on Tuesday.
The Benazir Tractor Scheme was meant to distribute tractors among applicants through random computer balloting. Under the scheme, the federal government provides Rs200,000 subsidy on each tractor, while the rest to be paid in easy installments by those benefiting from the scheme.
Federal Minister for Food & Agriculture, Nazar Mohammad Gondal, told The News that he did not commit any crime by giving subsidized tractors to the deserving.
“Yes, we awarded tractors to the people. They deserved it as they have voted for us.”
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture prepared a list of over 2,000 applicants recommended by PPP ministers and parliamentarians for this scheme — a copy of which is available with The News.
Secretary Food & Agriculture, Muhammad Ziaurrehman, said the ministry had nothing to do with this scheme. ìThe minister’s office, ministry of finance and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited were directly overseeing the affairs,” he said.
He refused to give any other detail.
A top official of the Ministry of Food & Agriculture said on the condition of anonymity that minister’s office had a list of the beneficiaries of this scheme ready even before the balloting.
"Balloting for the scheme was a drama and it was only staged to befool the media and the participant of the balloting."
Punjab: Federal Minister for Food & Agriculture, Nazar Muhammad Gondal nominated 30 persons from Mandi Bahauddin to receive the subsidised tractors, Muhammad Tariq Tarar MNA 29 Sargodha, Nadeem Afzal Chan 26, Minister of State for Interior Tasneem Qureshi three nominees, leader of the upper house Syed Nayyyar Bokhari seven nominees, federal minister for water & power 31, minister for population welfare Dr Firdus Ashiq Awan 10 nominees.
In Gujrat district, Nadeem Afzal Chan MNA nominated one person, Ch Ahmed Mukhtar federal minister for defense eight and Qamar Zaman Kaira, federal minister for information recommended 39 persons.
In district Layyah, Sardar Bahadur Khan Sehar MNA nominated 52 applicants, Niaz Ahmed Jakhar ex PPP MAN 10, Raja Riaz Punjab senior minister five, and MoS Jamali made a single recommendation for the BTS.
Begum Hasnain chairperson standing committee on information forwarded 5 nominees, Cap (retd) Rai Ghulam Mujtaba Kharral NA-143 15 and. Ch Imtiaz Safdar Wariach NA-198 Gujranwala forwarded 18 nominees, from Okara, Ghulam Mujtaba Kharal nominated 30 applicants, Ch Sajid-ul-Hassan 11 and MoS Samsam Bokhari recommended 14 persons for this scheme.
Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, minister for defense nominated 26 applications, Malik Khuram Ali Khan, MPA PP-18 nominated 6 applications, Shehan Khan Malik PP-15 nominated five, Raja Riaz, senior minister in Punjab has one and ex MNA of PML-Q, Ch Sarwar Khan nominated 9 applications scheme. In Chakwal, Sardar Ghulam Abbas nominated 22 applications, Sabir Hussain, steno typist, Malik Sajid Gojra with one application each, Ghulam Murtaza Satti with three applications. In Faisalabad , Tariq Mehmud Bajwa NA-75 nominated 26 applications, Ch Saeed Iqbal, parliamentary secretary communications forwarded 9, Malik Nawab Sher Waseer NA-76 has 24, Rana Farooq, textile minister of six and a nominee by Raja Riaz Ahmed. In Sheikhupura, Tariq Mehmud Bajwa and Muhammad Rafique of Chote Dheeran has one nominee each and Haji Munawar Hussain Manj MPA PP-166 has 26 nominees. In Hafizabad, Nadeem Afzal Chan and Raja Riaz Ahmed who is senior minister in Punjab has one nominee each and three nominees by Akbar Tarar while Liaqat Abbas Bhatti has 20 applications. In Nankana District has only three nominations, two from Syed Inayat Ali Shah, Parliamentary Secretary Local government and Raja Riaz Ahmed have a single nominee.
In Jhang, Tariq Mehmud Bajwa has two nominees and Shaikh Waqas Akram of PML-Q has 17 and Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat of PML-Q has 18 nominees. In Sahiwal, seven nominees were forwarded by Raja Riaz Ahmed of Punjab ‘s senior minister, a single nominee by a senator Syed Nayyar Bokhari and Khawaja Sheraz Mehmud each and Ch Zahid Iqbal nominated 12 applications. In Chiniot, Syed Inayat Ali Shah nominated nine applications while the remaining three by Raja Riaz Ahmed of Punjab ‘s senior minister. In Muzaffargarh, Mozzam Ali Khan Jatoi nominated eight applications, Jamshid Khan Dasti has 11 and Muhammad Mohsin Ali Qureshi has 11 nominees. In Bahawalpur , Moazzam Ali Jatoi has two nominees and Sardar Malik Aamir Yar Waran has 10 nominees. In Multan , Syed Zulqarnain Shah section-officer in MinFA has two nominees, Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan has five nominees and Shah Mehmud foreign minister has 16 applications. Khanewal, Ch Iftikhar Nazir has 7 nominees and Pir Aslam Bodla has 20 nominees, four nominees by Mian Amir Sahoo and Raja Riaz Ahmed also nominee in this district. In Mianwali, Khawaja Sheraz Mehmud and Humair Hayat Khan Rokhari have a single nominee each while Nawabzada Mlaik Ahmed Khan has 9 nominees. Khawaja Sheraz Mehmud of PML-Q has all nineteen nominees in D G Khan. In Vehari, Khawaja Sheraz Mehmud also has four nominees while remaining 11 has been forwarded by Azeem Daultana and six nominees by Suleman Khan Bhabha. In Rahim Yar Khan, all the nominees of 18 have been forwarded by Javed Iqbal Waraich. In Bhakkar, Raja Riaz Ahmed of Punjab ‘s senior minister has three nominees while MoS Rafiq Ahmed Jamali has six nominees. In Narowal district, Ch Muhammad Tariq Anis MoS Housing has forwarded 16 applications in Narowal and two nominees by Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan for Kasur and three nominees by Samina Khalid Ghurki for Lahore . Ch Muhammad Afzal Sandhu nominated 21 and 14 by Ch Abdul Ghafoor and a single nominee by an Abdul Rehman for Bahawalnagar and seven nominees by Al-Haaj Nawab Hayatullah Khan Tareen
Sindh: In Badin, out of 100, 99 nominees were forwarded by Madam Speaker while the remaining one by Mohtarma Fozia Zardari. In Sukkar district, Syed Khurshid Shah federal minister for labour has nominated all the 18 application in the district while in district Umerkot, Syed Khurshid Shah nominated seven applications and two by Mir Munawar Talpur.
In Dadu district, Dr Talat Mahesar has 18 nominees, MoS Rafiq Jamali has 18 and three by Syed Khurshid Shah. In Jamshoro, Nawab Abdul Ghani has 10 nominees while a single nominee by Syed Khurshid Shah. In Mir Pur Khas, Nawab Abdul Ghani has five nominees, two by Mrs Faryal Talpur and Mir Munawar Talpur has 12 nominees. A single nominee by Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur while remaining by Syed Naveed Qamar in Tando Mohammad Khan district. Mohtarma Fozia Zardari has two nominees while three by Syed Khurshid Shah in Tando Allah Yar. In Hydrabad, Syed Naveed Qamar has four nominees and Syed Amir Ali Shah Jamote has six nominees while Mohtarma Fozia Zardari and Ms Faryal Talpur has two nominees each.
In Shaheed Benazirabad district (formally Nawab Shah), Ms Faryal Talpur has eight nominees while Syed Ghulam Mustafa has 15 nominees. In Thatta, Syed Naveed Qamar has a single nominee while remaining six by Dr Abdul Wahid Somroo. In Khairpur, Nawab Ali Wassan 25 nominees while a single nominee by Syed Khurshid Shah.
In Noshero Feroz district, Syed Khurshid Shah has four nominees while three by Syed Zafar Ali Shah. In Shikarpur district, Aftab Shaaban Mirani has 18 nominees while a single nominee by Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani. In Larkana, Shahid Hussain Bhutto has five nominees while Nazir Ahmed Bughio has five nominees and remaining 14 by Ms Taryal Talpur. In Kashmor district, all the eleven nominees were forwarded by Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani.
In Jacobabad, a single nominee by Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani while the remaining 34 by Mir Aijaz Hussain Khan Jakharani. In Karachi , a single nominee by Abdul Qadir Patel and remaining four by Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani. In Kamber-Shahdad Kot, Nawabzada Mir Amir Ali Khan Magsi has all eleven nominees for the district. In Sangarh district, Roshan Din Junejo has all the eleven nominees for the district and Ms Faryal Talpur has a single nominee for Tharparkar district.
NWFP:In Dist Lakki Marwat, two nominees by Qaiser Chatta and PS to Kaira each and four by Anwar Saifullah Khan. In Lower Dir , Malik Azmat Khan has nominated 14 applications. Noor Alam Khan has five nominations for Peshawar , Mufti Ajmal Khan has three nominees for Karak district and Khanzada Khan has six nominees for Mardan district. Senator Abbas Afridi has two nominees and Syed Akhunzada Chattan has 12 nominees for Bajur Agency. Lal Muhammad Khan federal minister for SI has 8 nominees for Malakand and a single nominee by Dr Israr Shah for Haripur. Mahboobullah Jan has seven nominees for Kohistan districts.
Balochistan: Mir Humayun Aziz Kurd has two nominees for Barkhan district. Mir Changiz Khan Jamali has seven nominees while Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali has 26 nominees for Jaffarabad district. Senator Dr Muhammad Ismail Buledi has six nominees for Kech district. 
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=230558
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