ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau Monday authorised an inquiryagainst Director General Anti Corruption Punjab over the allegation ofmisuse of power and denying providing the record to the NAB.

The NAB decided to file two corruption references and authorised fourinvestigations and 17 inquiries against civil servants and businessmen inits Executive Board Meeting chaired by theNABlink> Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal.

It was decided to file corruption reference against former KarachiDevelopment Authority Director General Syed Nasir Abbas and others forillegally converting welfare plots into commercial plots and causing lossof Rs354 million to the national exchequer.

The meeting also approved a corruption reference against Sindh PublicService Commission ex-chairman Muhammad Hassan Bhutto and others over theallegation of misuse of power and making illegal appointments in the civicbody.