ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Monday authorised an inquiry against Director General Anti Corruption Punjab over the allegation of misuse of power and denying providing the record to the NAB.
The NAB decided to file two corruption references and authorised four investigations and 17 inquiries against civil servants and businessmen in its Executive Board Meeting chaired by the NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal.
It was decided to file corruption reference against former Karachi Development Authority Director General Syed Nasir Abbas and others for illegally converting welfare plots into commercial plots and causing loss of Rs354 million to the national exchequer.
The meeting also approved a corruption reference against Sindh Public Service Commission ex-chairman Muhammad Hassan Bhutto and others over the allegation of misuse of power and making illegal appointments in the civic body.
The NAB also authorised an inquiry against former vice-chancellor Sargodha University Chaudhary Muhammad Akram on charges of misuse of power and illegal appointments in the university. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education has also ordered administrative, financial and academic audit of his eight years tenure.
The NAB authorised a third inquiry against officers of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Islamabad for illegally appointing 200 persons in the PARC. The fourth inquirywas authorised against officials of Capital Development Authority for selling expensive plot at cheap price in Sector G-6 Islamabad. The fifth inquiry was authorised against officers of Privatization Commission of Pakistan over the allegations of privatization of Pak-US Fertilization Mianwali and causing a loss of Rs3.889 billion to the national exchequer.
The NAB approved the sixth inquiry against the management of NEPRA and seven companies of the Ministry of Water and Power for violating the laws and making changes in the tariff and causing a loss of Rs200 billion to the national exchequer. The seventh inquiry was authorised against Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Khan, Chief Executive M/s Malik Exchange (Pvt) Ltd and an official of the FIA on money-laundering charges. The eighth inquiry was authorised against owners of Al-Khair Housing Society for looting money from people without transferring the land in their name.
