Times of Islamabad

NAB approved filing reference against former Chairman PIA

NAB approved filing reference against former Chairman PIA

The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) executive board meeting (EBM)has approved filing references against the former Chairman of PakistanInternational Airline (PIA), Abdul Ghani Majeed, and PIA’s ManagingDirector Ejaz Haroon.

Majeed and his accomplices have been accused of allowing illegal allotmentof plots in the Overseas Cooperative Housing Society Limited (KidneyHills), Karachi, and for their payment through fake bank accounts, whichhas inflicted heavy losses to the national exchequer.——————————

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The EBM also assented to an inquiry against the officials of the FederalGovernment Employees Housing Foundation.

The board meeting also heeded the complaints to the Federal Board ofRevenue (FBR) about the negligence of the Customs officers deployed at theSost Dry Port and approved an inquiry against them.——————————

A statement issued after the meeting affirmed that the NAB firmly believesin respecting the sanctity of the parliament and parliamentarians andacknowledged the role of the business community in the progress andprosperity of the country.

It also read:

NAB strongly denied the impression that the business community is perturbeddue to NAB’s action. NAB always believes to perform its duties inaccordance with the law.

The statement further mentioned that the business community and all theother segments of the Pakistani communities also desire the transformationof the country into a prosperous, corruption-free, and developed