*ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd)Javed Iqbal on Monday gave approval for one reference and 12 inquiries inembezzlement cases.*
Addressing the NAB Executive Board meeting, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal hasapproved filing corruption reference against Muttahida QaumiMovement-Pakistan leader Abdul Rauf Siddiqui.
“Abdul Rauf Siddiqui is accused of illegal hiring and money embezzlement innational exchequer,” said the NAB spokesperson.
The NAB has also approved another inquiry against former president NationalBank Saeed Ahmed.
“Saeed Ahmed is a co-accused with deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif inmoney laundering case. He is also accused of illegal hiring,” said the NABspokesman.
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On April 28, the NAB had apprehended two bank officers in fake bankaccounts case in Karachi.
The NAB Rawalpindi team had taken two bank officers, Sher Ali and MuhammadFarooq, into custody over their alleged involvement in fake accounts case.
NAB officials had said that the bank officers were arrested on the chargesof providing tampered record to the anti-graft watchdog and their allegedcorruption and involvement in approval of loan for Park Lane Estates PvtLtd.
