D C Colony - A Very Nice Place To Live But ...

D C Colony, a misnomer for The Provincial Government Employees Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. (PGECHS), is supposed to be a nice place to live. And no doubt, it is a nice place to live. Some people who enjoy living here even like to, openly and vocally, claim that between Lahore and Rawalpindi it is the only place worth living.

One of the earliest residents of the colony, endearingly called Fakhr-e-DC Colony by fellow residents, can swear that "By God, it is heaven on earth." And he often does swear. And he loves his mild exaggerations.

I have no reason to argue with him and other enthusiasts.

It has a very convenient location: right on the Grand Trunk Road, only couple miles from Gujranwala city, towards Wazirabad. Pristine environment. No pollution. Best approaches. All the utilities are in place. It is supposed to have everything: parks, markets, hospital, mosques, graveyard, fire station, playing grounds, even a stadium and a medical college. You name it.

It is a huge place. Enthusiasts claim that it is the biggest living colony around. It could very well be.

But then it has its share of vultures too. Not literally. But you know what I mean.

I will explain, in time, how these human vultures are ripping at its living body and filling their filthy bellies and lining their already stuffed pockets.

The society has its Bye-Laws. An excellent piece of work. But, like the Constitution of Pakistan, no one, who counts, gives a damn for it.

The Society is registered under the Cooperative Societies Act, 1925 and Cooperative Societies Rules, 1927 - as all cooperative societies in Pakistan proably are. Its Master Plan has been approved by the Registrar Cooperatives as it was the pre-requisite for the registration of the society.

But the vultures won't show you the Master Plan so that they can alter or change it at their whim, the way they want, to enroll well-placed allies, just in case. They are supposed to keep a register of all the members at the society office open for members' inspection but they won't show it to you that either so their plundering can't be challenged with the power and help of fellow members.

These vultures include the society's President, Capt. (R) Khalid Sultan and the members of the Management Committee and society's employees.

One of the employees, Muhammad Hussain, started his life as a mere peon but has become filthy rich. The other, Agha Shah Muhammad, plundered the funds of the society in millions but was let off the legal hook to prevent him from spilling beans. They, and other members of the management Committee, all of them have their fingers in the pie, and under the president's misguidance, have siphoned off billions, yes billion with a B, of Rupees. And they are not done yet.

It is about time that they must be exposed. I am launching this blog to do just that.

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