National Accountability Bureau's Executive Board, in its meeting held on Wednesday, decided to conduct six inquiries. First, against officials of a bank who allegedly caused a loss of Rs 2 billion to national exchequer.
Second, the management of Universal Services Fund (USF) and M/o Information Technology where the accused were accused of misusing authority and illegal payment of Rs 120.787 million to unregistered advertising agency; third, officials of Wapda/Pesco Peshawar and others allegedly involved in illegal sale/purchase of electricity by the private sector; forth, former IRO (Rana Sajjad Hussain) Burewala Regional Tax Office, Multan and others.
They were accused of causing a loss of millions in terms of illegal/fake and arbitrary demand of withholding tax and receiving bribe; fifth, President Pakistan Boxing Federation (Doda Khan Bhutto) and others for embezzlement of millions of rupees in the funds and transferring the same to his personal accounts; sixth, the CEO and Directors of M/s T & N Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. Faisalabad under section 31-D of NAO 1999. The accused were accused of committing a wilful loan default of Rs 1540 million.
In another case against the officials of CDA, the Board referred the case to its Prevention Division for conducting a comprehensive study. The accused were accused of misusing of authority and embezzlement of funds in the civil work of the Arts and Crafts Village (A&CV) of CDA. The board, after detailed discussion, came to the conclusion that there was a need to study the relevant laws and regulations to reach a conclusion.
The Board also decided to close two inquires due to lack of incriminating evidence - first, against Umar Khan Kundi, TMO, D. I. Khan. In this case, the accused was accused of accumulating assets beyond known sources of income; and second, against Abdul Hafeez Gichki, EDO (Revenue), Gwadar and others. In this case, the accused were accused carry out illegal construction of a wall on state land.
The board decided to transfer two cases to Anti-Corruption Establishment, Punjab under section 18-D of NAO 1999. The case was against Aleem Sherazi Patwari of Revenue Department, Jaranwala, Distt Faisalabad and others. The accused persons were accused of misusing authority and illegal/fraudulent allotment of 8 x LOTS of around 100-Kanal each at Chak No. 67/GB, Tehsil Jaranwala Distt Faisalabad under Chief Minister's Progrmme for allotment of land to landless peasants of Punjab. Second against Nasir Butt, Inspector Police Gujrat and others. The accused were accused of accumulating assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
The Board approved to accept Voluntary Return (VR) of Rs 38 million from officials of Education and Literacy Department in a case of purchase of stationery and other items in a CIDA project. The accused were accused of committing misappropriation in the purchase of stationery items for a CIDA project. In another case of wilful loan default, the Board approved a VR of Rs 30.67 million from Zafar ul Hassan and Muhammad Sohail Ashraf, Directors of M/s Kamoka Textile Mills (Pvt) Ltd, Faisalabad.
The board approved the recommendation of NAB (KP) in relation to a case in which Khan Muhammad, SDO, Peshawar Development Authority, involved in corruption by constructing substandard retaining wall along Gandaw Khawar and other projects, was allowed to pay his liability within a period of one year. The accused was a 2010 flood-affected person and he had requested for time to pay his last instalment (Rs 0.41 million). The board approved the waiver of Rs 0.46 million in favour of the widow of another accused Aurangzeb Contractor as she made a request that she was unable to pay the last instalment due to her poor economic condition.-PR