ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau’s Executive Board in a meeting has okayed multiple inquires including former state minister for Kashmir affairs and northern areas senator Abdul Raziq and the incumbent Balochistan Assembly Speaker Raheela Magsi.
The board approved the initiation of some 17 inquiries and four investigations in different cases of corruption, corrupt practices, and misuse of authority. The meeting which was presided over by NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal also approved filing of corruption references in two other cases.
The board decided to file corruption reference against former KDA Director General Syed Nasir Abbas and others for changing status of public welfare plots into commercial land.
Investigations against former president of Pakistan Science Foundation Islamabad Dr Manzoor Hussain Soomro was also approved for his alleged misuse of authority and funds on national and international tours causing millions of rupees loss to national kitty.
The meeting also approved to initiate inquiries against officials of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council and Vice-Chancellor Dr Akram Chaudhry for making over illegal appointments in their respective departments, while another inquiry would also be initiated against CDA employees for selling out an amenity plot in Islamabad’s Sector G-6 at a throwaway price.
The board also approved inquiry against officials of Privatisation Commission of Pakistan for violating PPRA rules in the privatisation of American Fertilizer Ltd, and Daudkhail Mianwali which brought loss of around Rs 3.8 billion to the national exchequer.
