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title: "Chief Secretary rejects appeals of former Data Darbar officials"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Chief Secretary of Punjab rejected appeals by former Data Darbar administrator Jameel Ahmed and manager Tahir Maqsood against disciplinary penalties. Dawn emphasized the allegations of graft in cash-box collections, while Minute Mirror briefly mentioned the appeals being rejected without specifying the reason."
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# Chief Secretary rejects appeals of former Data Darbar officials

pakistan · updated 26 Sep 2026, 9:09 AM PKT · 25–26 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Chief Secretary of Punjab rejected appeals by former Data Darbar administrator Jameel Ahmed and manager Tahir Maqsood against disciplinary penalties. Dawn emphasized the allegations of graft in cash-box collections, while Minute Mirror briefly mentioned the appeals being rejected without specifying the reason.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Graft in Data Darbar cash-box collections: CS rejects pleas of former administrator, manager against penalties](https://www.dawn.com/news/2032720/graft-in-data-darbar-cash-box-collections-cs-rejects-pleas-of-former-administrator-manager-against-penalties) · 26 Sep 2026, 9:09 AM PKT
  > LAHORE: Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman has rejected the appeals filed by the former administrator of Data Darbar and ex-manager against the penalties imposed by the Auqaf & Religious Affairs Department, Punjab, for misappropriation of cash-box collections. The Auqaf department secretary had imposed penalties on former administrator Jameel Ahmed of reduction to a lower post and pay scale for...
- **Minute Mirror** — [Data Darbar officials’ appeals rejected](https://minutemirror.com.pk/data-darbar-officials-appeals-rejected-635343/) · 25 Sep 2026, 5:46 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman has rejected the appeals of former Data Darbar Administrator Jameel Ahmed and former Manager Tahir Maqsood against disciplinary penalties imposed over alleged financial irregularities involving cash-box collections.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 25–26 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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