KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Mahmood Sharif, manager human resources Karachi Port Trust (KPT) after rejection of his bail petition from Supreme Court of Pakistan, who was booked in a case of corruption and abuse of authority for illegally appointing 940 employees in KPT.
On January 21, 2019, NAB Karachi arrested the above-mentioned suspect after cancellation of his bail from Supreme Court. He was wanted in a NAB reference filed against Babar Khan Ghori and Javed Hanif on charges of 940 illegal appointments in KPT against rules and regulations. He was charged for acting in connivance with other accused persons in his capacity as manager HR KPT and he would be produced before the court tomorrow.
On other side, NAB authorities filed progress report before NAB court in which it was informed that details of properties and other information are being collected regarding declaration of the proclaimed offender to Babar Khan Ghauri and soon all details would be submitted in the court. After NAB report, court adjourned the hearing for next date of hearing.
According to the NAB officials, Javed Hanif is involved in charges of corruption and abuse of authority for illegally appointing 940 employees in KPT in connivance with MQM London leader Babar Ghauri, the then minister for ports and shipping. The appointments were made in violation of KPT law, rules and regulations “without advertisement of vacancies, competitive process, age criteria, and 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, the NAB officials added.
