PESHAWAR: NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested Dr Ambar Ali, Additional Secretary Planning and Development / Director General Monitoring and Evaluation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (DMG Officer/BPS-19), Zulfaqar Khan, Director General Independent Monitoring Unit (DMG Officer/BPS-19) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Aslam Rafique, Deputy Director Audit, Abdul Mustafa Contractor, Muhammad Bashir Tehsil Officer (Infrastructure), Maqbool-ur-Rehman Accountant, Abdul Hameed Assistant Tehsil Officer, Muhammad Raziq Sub-Engineer and Azhar Jalil Sub-Engineer for their alleged involvement in misuse of authority and embezzlement of Rs 100 million through fake and sub-standard developmental schemes in Mansehra district and Torghar.
During the course of inquiry, it was revealed that under Prime Minister’s directives, funds were allocated for developmental schemes in NA-21 (Mansehra and Torghar). The government had launched the developmental schemes under People’s Works Programme-II and allocated Rs 225 million for execution of 567 schemes, including construction and rehabilitation of Shingle Roads, PCC Roads, PCC streets, Wells etc. The accused Ambar Ali and Zulfaqar Khan, during their tenure as Deputy Commissioners Mansehra in connivance with others, allegedly embezzled more than Rs 100 million through ghost and sub-standard schemes. They approved the schemes and allowed payments to the contractors without any formalities.
The National Accountability Bureau is actively pursuing the case and more alarming facts are expected to come up. The accused persons will be presented before the Honorable Accountability Court for obtaining their physical remand.
