The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore in its regional board meeting (RBM) with its Director General (DG), Shahzad Saleem, in the chair decided to upgrade an 'Inquiry' into 'investigation' and also recommended for filing of two corruption references in accountability courts, Lahore.
The board also decided to file 'Supplementary Reference' against officers and officials of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for misusing their conferred authority and gaining illegal pecuniary advantages by corrupt means which allegedly caused loss to national exchequer worth millions.
The NAB Lahore has already filed an 'interim reference' into said case and during the Investigation proceedings it revealed misuse of government funds in the wake of Commercialization fees.
The NAB regional board also decided to file an 'interim reference' against Hafiz Sarfraz Anwar, President and Malik Sajjad Haider, General Secretary of Public Health Engineering Employees Cooperative Housing Society over allegations of cheating public at large by illegal allotments of numerous commercial plots of said Society and alleged misappropriation during the sale proceeds generated, thereof and also by illegal transfer of plots mortgaged with LDA. The investigations further revealed that both accused in connivance with one another caused a loss to the society for an amount of Rs 5.3 million (approx) in electrification works.
It was also decided by the Regional Board to authorize the up-gradation of ongoing 'Inquiry' against Ghulam Mustafa, Khadija Commodities Private Limited into 'Investigation' following the allegations of Cheating Public at Large, wherein, the accused allegedly embezzled Rs 270 million (approx) of more than 900 affectees. NAB Lahore officials have got arrested accused Ghulam Mustafa who is under custody of NAB Lahore.
At the occasion, the DG NAB Lahore said that NAB doesn't believes in selectivity, whereas, following the directives of Chairman, Justice Javed Iqbal NAB's top most priority is recovered looted money from corrupt elements and to make Pakistan a corruption free country.
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