ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau, in its Executive Boardmeeting, presided by NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, has formallyapproved to file corruption references against three former Generals.
Former chairman of Pakistan Railways Lt Gen (r) Javed Ashraf Qazi, formerRailways sectary Major Gen (r) Hamid Hassan Butt, former PR general managerIqbal Samad Khan, ex-GM (operations) Khurshid Ahmad Khan, ex-member financeBrig (r) Akhtar Ali Baig, former director Abdul Ghafar, formersuperintendent Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh, former Telecommunications ministerLt Gen (r) Saeed-ul-Zafar, Ms Husnain Construction Company directorMuhammad Ramzan, Unicon Consulting Services chief executive Pervaiz LatifQureshi, and others for bringing a loss of more than Rs2 billion tonational exchequer by misusing their authority.
Also, the corruption references will be filed against former Wapda chairmanTariq Hameed, former member (Power) Muhammad Anwar Khalid, MuhammadMushtaq, former Finance m Imtiaz Anjum and others.
They are found to have misused their authority, in violation of Nepra,Pepra and ECC rules, by awarding a 150MW rental power contract to MsGeneral Electric Energy Pvt Ltd which resulted in a loss of billions topublic money.
The Nab will also verify a complaint against Pakistan Dental Councilpresident, who in connivance with State Minister Health Services SairaAfzal Tarar, for misappropriation in the affiliation of 12 medical colleges.
The bureau’s executive board also approved investigations against formerCDA chairman Farkhand Iqbal, former member (state) Khalid Mahmood Mirza,former member (finance) Javed Jahangir and others for bringing a loss ofRs494.333 million to the national exchequer.
Moreover, the anti-corruption watchdog approved investigations againstformer Sindh minister Abdul Rauf Sadiqque, Muhammad Adil Sadiqque, DrSarwat Faheem, Mushtaq Faheem, Mushtaq Ali and others for misuse ofauthority and a loss of Rs435.4 million to the state funds.
The bureau approved enquiry against former PDA director generals SahabzadaSaeed Ahmad, Syed Zahir Shah and Muhammad Tariq, former general managerAbdul Haleem Paracha and others over misuse of authority and causing a lossof Rs75.27 million to the national exchequer.
The bureau approved enquiry against Peshawar’s ex-MPA Tamash Khan andBalochistan health minister Rehmat Baloch over assets beyond means.
Meanwhile, the Board decided to send back the enquiry against theadministration of Pasco and others to department concern for further legalaction.
On the other hand, the top anti-corruption body decided to close enquiriesagainst former Distance Learning director at Bahauddin Zakariya University,Dr Ishaq Fani, and the officers of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) andNational Highway Authority over lack of evidence.
Chairing the meeting, the Nab chairman said the elimination of corruptionis their priority and directed the bureau to bring all the investigationsand enquiries to a logical end.