ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Executive Board Meeting approvedmultiple high profile inquiries and investigations.
The executive board of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has giventhe approval to file series of new corruption references and inquiriesagainst various officials including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) LeaderAdil Siddiqui, ARY News reported.
The members of the executive board in a meeting chaired by NAB chairmanJustice Retd Javed Iqbal approved two references against former PPPminister Adil Siddiqui and former secretary Ghulam Mustafa over charges ofcorruption.
The anti-corruption watchdog also approved filing references against formersecretary law Sindh Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah and others.
The legal steps are being taken following the financial loss to thenational exchequer worth Rs300 million, the declaration said.
The meeting also approved five inquiries against various former officers.
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An inquiry will be initiated against officials of Child Health Primary andSecondary Health carrier, Rawalpindi Railways Employees Society andofficers of Government Printing, according to a statement by NAB.
Former Director-General Health Mukhtar Shah, Additional Director OperationsAkhtar Rasheed, DG Railways Ghulam Muhammad Qureshi, ex- managing directorOil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Zahid Mir, former MD OGDCLBoard Muhammad Rafi will also face inquiries by the anti-corruptionwatchdog after the approval of NAB executive board, the declaration added.
Chairman NAB addressing the meeting said that the mega corruption caseswill be led to their logical end. He said corruption is cancer and thebiggest obstacle in the development of the country.
