NAB hands over Rs886m to government depts
Amount was seized from accused involved in corruption
NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhary. PHOTO: INP
MULTAN:
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Multan handed over Rs886 million to three different departments after recovering it from accused who had embezzled it.
NAB Director General Atiqur Rahman handed over Rs879 million, including Rs114.150 million in the form of cheques and remaining in the form of documents of commercial and residential plots of Wapda Town valuing Rs765 million to Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco's) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Akram Chaudhry, NAB spokesman said on Friday.
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Another cheque worth Rs1.224 million was handed over to Pakistan Post department's Deputy Post Master Shoaib Ali Jafri, while Rs55.79 million cheque was handed over to Additional Commissioner (Coordination) Multan Sarfraz Ahmad.
NAB DG Atiqur Rahman appreciated the performance of NAB investigators whose untiring efforts made it possible for the NAB to recover embezzled amounts from accused and return it to the departments concerned.
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He said that NAB was striving hard to root out corruption from the society and also making efforts for prevention of corruption through a large scale advocacy programme targeting youth studying in universities and colleges. He lauded the contribution of government departments like revenue, banks, NADRA and others for their timely assistance in tracking down the accused and level of their involvement.
The larger chunk of Rs886 million was handed over to Mepco in Wapda Employees Cooperative Housing Society (WECHS) case that was registered against WECHS former secretary Saeed Ahmad Khan and others.
Another case was registered against a clerk of General Post Office Liaquat Ali and others on charge of embezzlement of over Rs1.2 million while the third case was registered against Munshi Zahid Afzal and others on charge of embezzlement of Rs55.7 million in mutation fee and town tax fee.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 7th, 2017.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Multan handed over Rs886 million to three different departments after recovering it from accused who had embezzled it.
NAB Director General Atiqur Rahman handed over Rs879 million, including Rs114.150 million in the form of cheques and remaining in the form of documents of commercial and residential plots of Wapda Town valuing Rs765 million to Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco's) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Akram Chaudhry, NAB spokesman said on Friday.
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Another cheque worth Rs1.224 million was handed over to Pakistan Post department's Deputy Post Master Shoaib Ali Jafri, while Rs55.79 million cheque was handed over to Additional Commissioner (Coordination) Multan Sarfraz Ahmad.
NAB DG Atiqur Rahman appreciated the performance of NAB investigators whose untiring efforts made it possible for the NAB to recover embezzled amounts from accused and return it to the departments concerned.
Key witness against Dar sacked, NAB told
He said that NAB was striving hard to root out corruption from the society and also making efforts for prevention of corruption through a large scale advocacy programme targeting youth studying in universities and colleges. He lauded the contribution of government departments like revenue, banks, NADRA and others for their timely assistance in tracking down the accused and level of their involvement.
The larger chunk of Rs886 million was handed over to Mepco in Wapda Employees Cooperative Housing Society (WECHS) case that was registered against WECHS former secretary Saeed Ahmad Khan and others.
Another case was registered against a clerk of General Post Office Liaquat Ali and others on charge of embezzlement of over Rs1.2 million while the third case was registered against Munshi Zahid Afzal and others on charge of embezzlement of Rs55.7 million in mutation fee and town tax fee.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 7th, 2017.