Court rejects NAB request to remand former DG parks in its custody for 14 more days
ISLAMABAD:
An accountability court on Monday adjourned hearing of the fake accounts case and indictment of three suspects till October 15 after these accused failed to appear in the court.
Islamabad’s Accountability Court-I Judge Muhammad Bashir was hearing a reference related to Thatta water supply scheme. In the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) reference, thirteen people including Omni Group’s owner Abdul Ghani Majeed, were accused.
When the hearing started, jail officials told the court that Majeed could not appear in court as he was shifted to hospital due to ill health while two other suspects – Manahil Majeed and Ejaz Memon – had filed exemption pleas which the court had admitted.
The court advised the authorities to ensure presence of the suspects in the next hearing.
Meanwhile, the same court rejected NAB’s request to remand former Director General Parks Liaquat Qaimkhani in its custody for 14 more days for further investigation and sent the accused to jail.
NAB said it found important files from his residence showing illegal allotment at Karachi’s Bin Qasim Park. It said it wanted to further interrogate the official in light of these documents.
NAB’s investigation officer said Qaimkhani had retired in 2011 but he had illegally hidden the original maps and records of the park in his house, apparently to hide his wrongdoing. “We suspect that he also has in his possession some other important documents,” he said.
The court, however, rejected the request and sent him on judicial custody to jail.
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