National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal onSaturday approved 10 inquiries link againstdifferent persons, including one against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) leader and former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafiquelink, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The NAB link chairman gave the green signalat the bureau’s Executive Board meeting held at anti-corruption watchdog’sheadquarters in Islamabad.
Besides PML-N leader Saad, inquirieslink ordered against some officersand other staff members of Pakistan Railways (PR), former DGAnti-corruption Punjab Muzaffar Ali Ranjha, ex-DCO Faisalabad Noorul AminMengal, Mansha Group, several officers and members of the staff of HighwaysDepartment, Faisalabad, officers and staff members of City DistrictGovernment Faisalabad, former MNA and former mayor, Faisalabad ChaudhrySher Ali, ex-DC, Faisalabad Muhammad Amin Chaudhry, officers of FaisalabadDevelopment Authority (FDA) Mian Anjum Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Suleman,Imran Sher Ali and others, officers and members of the staff of KhawajaFarid University, Rahim Yar Khan, officers of Punjab Education Foundation,Vehari, secretary Excise and Taxation, Rahim Yar Khan and some otherofficers and employees of the same office, administration of United EthanolIndustries, Sadiqabad and some others, officers and other employees of C&Wdepartment, officers and staff members of Livestock Department, Multan, MNAMahar Irshad Ahmad Khan and others.
Deputy Chairman NAB link Hussain Asghar,Prosecutor General Accountability NAB linkAsghar Haider, DG Operations NAB link ZahirShah and other senior officers were in attendance at the Executive Board’smeeting.
Apart from that the Board, in its meeting, decided to send inquirieslink former tehsil nazim MuhammadYasin, former MPA Ghazala Shaheen, Ghulam Murtaza, Azam Sohail and othersto FIA and FBR for further action.
Similarly, the Board approved forwarding the inquirieslink against Medical Superintendent (r)Hafiz Muhammad Tariq Javed at DHQ Bahawalpur and others to Anti-corruptionDepartment Punjab, while it decided to send inquirieslink against Nazir Ahmad Langah, aretired judge from Multan, and Hafiz Allah Ditta Kashif Advocate High Courtto the Lahore High Court’s Registrar for further action.
Likewise, the anti-corruption watchdog ordered the closure of inquirieslink against MPA Sohail Zafar, formerTown Nazim, Gujranwala Rizwan Zafar, MPAs Malik Ghazanfar Abbas Cheema andMuhammad Sher Cheema and some officers and staff members of RevenueDepartment, Punjab on account of lack of evidence.
Speaking on the occasion, NAB linkJustice (r) Javed Iqbal said taking cases of mega corruption to theirlogical conclusion and working for a corruption free Pakistan was NAB’stopmost priority. “The bureau is consistently following the policy of‘Accountability for All’,” he said, and added that the anti-corruptionwatchdog recovered Rs323 billion directly and indirectly from the corruptelements in 2020, which, he said, was a record achievement.
“Similarly, in all, NAB link had recoveredRs814 billion since its inception,” chairman disclosed.
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He categorically stated that the department was committed to bringing tojustice those involved in hoarding sugar, flour, laundering money, makingfake bank accounts, misuse of powers, having assets beyond sources ofincome and other financial scandals.
Justice(r) Javed Iqbal claimed that not only the organisations from withinthe country but also from outside the country had appreciated the NABlink over its performance, particularlyTransparency International Pakistan, World Economic Forum, Global PeaceCanada, PILDAT and Misal Pakistan. “This is an honour for us,” he said,added, “NAB and corruption could not go together but NABlink and Pakistan could.”
He made it clear that NAB link was notworking for any political party, group or an individual, but for acorruption free Pakistan.
Similarly, the NAB link chairman added, ithad been bureau’s longstanding practice that its Executive Board meeting’sdetails be made public, the purpose of which was not to insult somebody.“NAB is a human-friendly department which believes in giving respect to thesuspects as per laws of the land,” he added.
Justice (r) Javed Iqbal further said that anti-corruption watchdog’s allinquiries link investigations werenot conclusive until allegations contained in them were proven.
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