The FIA inspector maintained further investigation was needed and thus the accused should be handed over the investigation agency for a few days. The court then sent the accused to Central Prison Peshawar on judicial remand. STOCK IMAGE
The anti-corruption department on Wednesday sent former chief executive officer of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) Parvez Akhtar Shah to Central Prison Peshawar.
Akhtar Shah was arrested over graft charges on Tuesday. He, however, opposed his physical custody saying he is a heart patient and should not be handed over the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) team probing the case.
FIA Inspector Shahid Ilyas told the court of Judge Syed Asghar Ali Shah that the accused reportedly embezzled Rs13million while supplying electricity to an Afghan refugee camp. He added further enquiry revealed the accused deposited the amount in bank accounts of his relatives.
The FIA inspector maintained further investigation was needed and thus the accused should be handed over the investigation agency for a few days. The court then sent the accused to Central Prison Peshawar on judicial remand.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 15th, 2015.
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PESCO CHIEF SENT TO PRISON FOR HIS HONESTY AND DETERMINATION. NO WONDER ALL OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS LEAVE THIS COUNTRY!I REQUEST EXPRESS TRIBUNE TO EXTEND THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER BY LOOKING INTO IT ON IMPARTIAL BASIS. THIS REFLECTS HOW BIASED OUR JUDICIARY IS. MAY ALLAH GUIDE US ALL TOWARDS THE RIGHT PATH.