Embezzlement: Two involved in ghost schemes held

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa arrested a contractor Muhammad Aimal Khan, son of former MNA Muzaffarul Mulk and Pakistan Public Works Batkhela sub-engineer Nisar Aziz. Aziz was involved in ghost development projects in NA-29, Mingora and caused a loss of millions of rupees to the public exchequer. This was stated in a press release issued on Wednesday. Pakistan Public Works Department Batkhela awarded various development schemes to Muhammad Aimal Khan, owner of M/S National Builders. All these schemes were shown as having been executed in the records, however, investigation revealed they were either substandard or ghost schemes.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 31^st, 2015.