The Executive Board of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in its meeting held here on Wednesday with Chairman NAB Admiral Fasih Bokhari (Retd) in the chair decided to authorise an inquiry against officials of Inland Revenue Service, FBR, Karachi.
The accused persons, in this case were accused to misusing authority by sanctioning illegal/inadmissible Sales Tax refund on dubious and bogus invoices causing a loss of Rs 2454.78 million to the state's exchequer.
The Board also decided to authorise Complaint Verification in a suo motu case against the Management of Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) and others for alleged misuse of authority; unauthorised investment and purchase of land amounting to Rs 16 billion for EOBI at exorbitant rates. The management of EOBI was accused of purchasing more than 300 kanal of land from DHA for Rs 16 billion on higher than market rates. The management was also accused of dealing with a single party in contravention of Public Procurement Rules 2004 in purchase of land.
The Board decided to shut two inquiries due to lack of evidence. The first inquiry was against Pervez Ahmed Khalid and Waheed Muhammad Riaz Raja directors of M/s Xinjiang Jiufuyang Pak Pvt Ltd. The accused were accused of misappropriating Rs 30 million in company's account. The complainants, also the Directors of the same company, could not provide a proof to substantiate their allegations against the accused persons. The second inquiry was against Muhammad Rahim Khan, Ex-DO (R&E)/Dy Land Commissioner Mardan and others. In this case, the accused was accused of committing corruption and corrupt practices while transferring government land.
The board also decided to shut complaint verification against Officials of Privatisation Commission and others. The accused were accused of misusing authority and causing a loss to the national exchequer through corruption in the privatisation of Pak-American Fertilizer Ltd. Complaint verification rejected allegations levelled by the complainant. It was found to be a case of misreporting of the whole issue on personal grounds. In a case which was against the management of KMC Co-operative Housing Society, the Board directed the
Deputy Prosecutor General Accountability to advise NAB (Sindh) for further course of action in the case as the management was accused of granting illegal allotment of 200 acres of government land in Guttar Baghicha to KMC officers of Co-operative Housing Society.
The Board decided to file a reference against Muhammad Ahsan Raja, ex-Additional Secretary, Ministry of Interior and others. The accused persons were accused of misusing the authority in connivance and collaboration with each others in terms of illegal promotion of Ahmed Riaz Sheikh (an NRO beneficiary) against the Judgement of Supreme Court dated December 16, 2009. In another case, against Khalid Salim, Ex-Registrar Revenue Department Peshawar and others, the Board decided to refer the case to Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) as the accused persons are already facing a trial under the ACE.
The Board gave approval to Voluntary Return (VR) of Rs 1.634 billion from Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Director MPO, Director CDA. The accused were accused of committing embezzlement in the government funds. The Board approved to accept Plea Bargain (PB) of Rs 5.95 million from Mir Faiq Ali Jamali, ex-Minister Labour and Manpower Balochistan in a case. In this case, the accused was accused of carrying out illegal construction of a bungalow on a state land.
In another case of corruption and corrupt practices, the board approved plea bargain of Rs 1.82 million from Ayaz Malik, ex-Post Master General (PMG), Hyderabad. The accused was accused of submitting fake/illegal medical bills during his tenure as PMG.-PR