ISLAMABAD: A press statement after the NAB Executive Board meeting revealedthat following investigations and inquires would be opened against thegovernment servants.

NAB will begin investigating Azeem Iqbal Siddiqui, former managing directorSSGCL, Shahid Aziz Siddiqui, former chairman finance committee, Malik UsmanHassan, general manager finance, and others for misappropriation of funds.The suspects have been alleged to misuse their authority and cause of aloss of Rs1.174 billion to the national treasury.

Moreover, Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi and officers of Board of RevenueKorangi, Karachi, have also come under the radar of NAB for involvement inillegal allotment of government land to private buyers. The illegalallotment has caused a loss of Rs212 million to the national exchequer.

A probe will be launched against former AIG Balochistan Abdul Qadeer Bhattifor possessing more assets than his income.

The ex-members of Capital Development Authority such as Brig (retd) AsadMunir, Khalid Mehmood Mirza and Zia-ul-Rehman Tur will be investigated formisuse of authority.

Other than that a probe has been launched against Sindh government’s LocalGovernment Department and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Communications and WorksDepartment.

Sindh’s local government department has alleged to have illegallytransferred 12,810 people from grade 1 to grade 15.

The officers and staff of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan will beinvestigated over allegations of embezzlement of funds.