NAB arrests former head of the one of the major companies in Punjab

*LAHORE: In a major development in Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC)scam, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) here on Monday apprehendedLWMC’s general manager Muhammad Tahir Maqbool.*

NAB sources said that Muhammad Tahir Maqbool was arrested on the charges ofcorruption, receiving kickbacks, illegal evaluation and providing unlawfulbenefits to blue-eyed contractors.

The sources said that Tahir Maqbool was involved in transferring doublepayments to particular contactors through fake documents and added that hegave contracts to Masers Al-Birak without any approval.

The anti-graft watchdog said that they had found corruption evidences ofworth Rs.1 billion against the suspect.

Read Top Stories

Pakistan Successfully Launches Indigenous EO-2 Earth Observation Satellite

Former PM Imran Khan Blinded in One Eye? Explosive Claim

Pakistan Air Force Set to Induct Advance Variant of China’s J-35 Stealth Fighters

Four Policemen Including SHO Martyred, DSP Injured in a Terrorist Attack in Pakistan

Tahir Maqbool served in LWMC as General Manager Procurement and Contact andas consultant in Rawalpindi Waste Management Company.

Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had summoned PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in Lahore WasteManagement Company case on May 13.