KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) granted bail to suspects namely Rauf Akhtar Farooqi, former chairman Karachi Port and Truest (KPT) and Mahmood Sharif, HR manager booked for charges of corruption, corrupt practices and abuse of authority for illegally appointing 940 employees in KPT.
On 24 December 2019, a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh heard the matter, after the hearing, court granted their bail against the surety of rupees million each.
It needs to be mentioned here that case is still under process against Babar Khan Ghori, former minister for ports and shipping and advertisement already published in leading newspapers.
According to the NAB officials suspects are involved in charges of corruption, corrupt practices and abuse of authority for illegally appointing 940 employees in KPT in connivance with the MQM’s Babar Ghauri, the then minister for ports and shipping, he further argued that the appointments were made in violation of KPT law, rules and regulations “without advertisement of vacancies, competitive process, age criteria, medical examination of appointees and in violation of basic formalities”.
A large number of those appointed had a criminal record in serious cases such as “terrorism, premeditated murder and robbery” and that the illegal appointments resulted in losses to the national exchequer to the tune of Rs2.8 billion, NAB said.
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