PHOTO: National Accountability Bureau
PESHAWAR: An accountability court remanded former provincial minister Mureed Kazim and others accused in land scam on Thursday.
National Accountability Bureau had arrested Kazim, and revenue department officials Qayyum Nawaz, Riaz Muhammad and Gul Hassan for illegally transferring ownership of land in DI Khan. They were produced before the court of judge Ibrahim Khan. NAB prosecutor contended the accused had misused authority in the transfer and an enquiry found the charges to be true. After hearing the arguments, the court issued orders to shift the detainees to Central Prison Peshawar on a judicial remand.
In another case, the same court handed over former FATA Disaster Management Authority DG and sitting K-P Additional Home Secretary Arshad Khan and Assistant Director Irfanullah Khan to NAB on a 12-day physical remand.
During the proceedings, the court was informed the accused embezzled a large fraction of the funds meant for the rehabilitation of houses of Bajaur IDPs.
Both were already in judicial custody after they had been arrested for misappropriating Rs60 million meant for the displaced population of Mohmand Agency. After hearing the arguments, the court handed them over to NAB on a 12-day physical remand.
Meanwhile a special court of the Ehtesab Commission also granted a 13-day remand of excise and taxation officials Ijlal Khan and Khalid Khan and a 12-day remand of mines and mineral development director Dr Liaquat Ali respectively.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2015.
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