National Highways Authority (NHA) has banned the unofficial use of internet and official computers and decided to take strict disciplinary action against those officials who are found guilty of illegal use of internet and computers. According to an official document, officials of NHA working in different departments are regularly misusing the official computers and network by playing music, games and videos as well as using social media websites. It says that the officials have also operated Facebook accounts on proxy settings.
The document says that misuse of official network would not only damage operating system but will also invoke deletion of useful data from the hard disk. An official said that Chairman NHA Shahid Ashraf Tarar has shown serious displeasure over misuse of official computers during office hours and issued strict directives to stop it on immediate basis, as it creates bad image of the organisation, decreases the efficiency and is wastage of time, he said.
He said that the chairman NHA directed MIS section to initiate monitoring of network traffic of the main server and trace out the MAC address of the computers being misused. A team of senior officers has been constituted for the inspection and surprise visit to various offices. Strict action will be initiated against those officials who are found guilty of misuse of official computers, he said.