The Accountability Court hearing multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Tuesday issued summons to co-accused Abdul Ghani, an official of Karachi Development Authority (KDA), in a corruption reference regarding illegal allotment of a welfare plot. While hearing the case, Duty Judge Accountability Court Shahrukh Arjumand issued summons to Assistant Director KDA Wing, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Abdul Ghani for not appearing before it.
The eight other officials include Matanat Ali Khan, former metropolitan commissioner KMC, Sami-ud-Din Siddiquee, former metropolitan commissioner KMC, Najam-Uz-Zaman, former director Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Wing KMC, Syed Khalid Zafar Hashmi, additional director KDA Wing KMC, Syed Jamil Ahmed, assistant director KDA Wing KMC, Abdul Rasheed, assistant director KDA Wing KMC, Muhammad Hussain Syed, former administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), and Younus Kidwai, director M/s Programme who is reportedly a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari.
Mustanser Hussain, the investigation officer of the case, produced a report regarding Younus Kidwai who has been declared a proclaimed offender by the court. The report also included the statements of two witnesses who are from the locality of the suspects. The court raised objection over the investigation officers' report and remarked that it seems that the report has been prepared in the office.
The court ordered the investigation officer to produce detailed report before it on the next hearing to be held on September 18. The suspects have been accused of illegally allotting a welfare plot, causing heavy loss to the national exchequer. The National Accountability Bureau sources said that Kidwai surrendered a plot of Rs 60 million and handed over all the relevant documents to the Bureau.
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