ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Rawalpindi filed a reference against Nazar Abbas, Al-Abbas international educational consultants and others in the Accountability Court Rawalpindi for cheating public at large.
As per details, Australian High Commission, Pakistan had referred a case to NAB Rawalpindi against Al-Abbas International, an Educational Consultancy Firm, Pakistan.
According to the complaint, accused Nazar Abbas is owner and Director of the AL-ABBAS International Educational Consultants. He dishonestly and fraudulently induced students on the pretext of arranging study visa of Australia and collected millions of rupees in lieu thereof. The accused had no legal authority or mandate to collect money in this regard. In this way, the accused deprived the students of the hard earned money of their parents as well as played havoc with their future.
The accused entered into agreements with the complainants (students or their guardians) and also issued guarantee cheques to them with his signatures. The accused neither arranged study visa for the students nor returned their amounts and misappropriated the same. The accused has collected Rs14.23 million from students and dishonestly / fraudulently misappropriated the same.
DG NAB Rawalpindi Irfan Naeem Mangi said that the students are future of Pakistan, therefore, they should remain vigilant from such elements in order to avoid any loss of their precious time and resources. He emphasised that the students avoid such fake student visa agents who may be involved in illicit practices such as human trafficking endangering precious lives and causing embarrassment to Pakistan on international forums.
