ISLAMABAD – The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) has given approval to file two corruption references andauthorized to conduct eight investigations and 15 inquiries againstdifferent persons including two former Chief Ministers Balochistan Dr.Abdul Maalik and Sana Ullah Zehri, Saif Ul Maluk, MPA Punjab Assembly, andSenior bureaucrat Akbar Durrani.
NAB Chairman Justice (R) Javed Iqbal chaired the EBM and gave approval tofile two corruption references. The EBM approved filing of first corruptionreference against Imran Ali Yousaf and others for misappropriation andmisuse of government funds for personal gains, which inflictedRs499,201,392 losses to national exchequer.
The EBM authorised filing second corruption reference against Sarwar Javed,former Member Board of Revenue, Quetta, and Shahbaz Khan Mandokhel, formersenior member Board of Revenue, on illegally allotting state land toDilshad Akhtar, causing Rs 6 crore 48 lakh losses to the nationalexchequer.
The EBM accorded approval of conducting eight investigations against thepersons including Mudassar Qayyum Nehra, former MNA, Azhar Qayyum Nehra,former MNA, and others, Muhammad Asif Bilal, former director Food, Punjab,Ahmed Sher, deputy director, Food, Punjab and others, management ofBalochistan Development Authority and others, Balochistan Integrated WaterResource Management and Development Project, management of BDA, Haji ZarifHussain Zai, contractor, district Musakhel and others, management ofRevenue Department, district, Naushki and others, officials of Teaching,DHQ, Hospital, Dera Ghazi Khan and others and inquiries against MS AbdullahSugar Mills, Limited, Depalpur, Lahore and others.
The NAB Executive Board also accorded approval of conducting 15 inquiriesagainst various personalities including Saiful Maluk Khokkar, memberprovincial assembly, Punjab, Dr Abdul Maalik, former chief minister,Balochistan, Sanaullah Zerhi, former chief minister, Balochidtan, AkbarDurrani, former secretary, home department, Quetta, four inquiries againstPunjab public limited companies chief executives, Rahim Ziaratwal, formerminister, education department, Quetta, and others, Juma Khan, memberprovincial assembly, Balochistan, Naseebullah Bazai, former additionalchief secretary, Balochistan, Tariq Murtaza, MS Startrack Traders andothers, Mehar Ejaz Ahmed Machlana, former member provincial assembly/former member disaster management and others, Rais Ibrahim Khalil Ahmed,former provincial assembly member, officials of revenue department,Liaquatpur, and others, Arif Azim, former Chairman Railways, Mohsin Raza,General Manager GEPCO, Gujranwala, Rani Hafza Kanwal, former AssistantDeputy Commissioner, (Revenue) Gujrat, and MS Abdullah Sugar Mills.
The EBM approved referring inquiries against Akhtar Hussain, Sabina Semab,Shahnaz Qamar, Maqsood Ahmed, Ahsan Sarwar Butt, and others to FBR forfurther proceedings as per law.
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At the end, the Chairman NAB said that the national watchdog’s faith iscorruption free Pakistan by adopting the ‘Accountability for All’ policy toeradicate corruption from Pakistan.
He said all resources are being utilized to take mega corruption cases tological conclusion on priority as per law. He said NAB has directly orindirectly deposited record Rs 714 billion in the national exchequerfollowing the policy of accountability for all.
The Chairman NAB directed all Regional Bureaus to conduct inquiries andinvestigations by ensuring self respect of every person as NAB is ahuman-friendly organisation.
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