*ISLAMABAD – Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz lands into hot waters as theNational Accountability Bureau has claimed that it has collected‘irrefutable’ evidence against Bahria Town, establishing that the propertygiant illegally acquired thousands of acres of land in Karachi.*

On May 4, the Supreme Court had barred Bahria Town from selling orallotting land in its Karachi housing scheme.

“The government land would go back to the government and the land of BahriaTown exchanged for the government land would go back to the Bahria Town,”the judgment said.

The court had ordered NAB to investigate that how MDA transferred land toBahria Town and file cases against all those responsible for committingcrime at any level.

A NAB board meeting was held on Wednesday to review the progress oninvestigation against Bahria Town, MDA officials and other Govtfunctionaries.

In a press release, the accountability watchdog said that the Revenueofficials, Malir Development Authority and Sindh Building Control Authorityhad helped Bahria Town illegally acquire thousands of acres of valuablegovernment land situated on main Super Highway.