ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday shared details ofa case against Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwala while rejectingthat its actions were aimed at targeting a particular political party,individual, or group.
According to details shared by the accountability watchdog, the land of theKidney Hill area in Karachi was allocated for a public park and the NAB wasmade responsible to recover money from the corrupt elements.
It said that the overseas society took over the management of the land fromKarachi cooperative societies and a layout plan was also approved by theministry of housing and works. “A case between KDA, KMC and the society wasongoing since 1990,” it said.
The NAB said that Saleem Mandviwala and Aijaz Haroon signed an agreementwith the Omni group regarding the land and handed over the ownership rightson a back date.
Aijaz Haroon illegally allotted 12 plots in the overseas society, theaccountability watchdog said adding that both Saleem Mandviwala and AijazHaroon had a share of Rs64.5 million and Rs80 million in the caserespectively.
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It further alleged that Aijaz Haroon also tried to tamper with the taxreturns.
Responding to the allegations, Saleem Mandviwala said that he had nothingto do with the properties of the Omni Group. “NAB should refrain fromattributing false allegations towards me,” he said adding that theaccountability watchdog could not tarnish his image through such actslink.
