The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday accorded approval to file a reference against former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) chairman Aijaz Haroon, Omni Group head Abdul Ghani Majeed and others in the fake bank accounts case.
They are accused of illegally allotting plots of Overseas Cooperative Housing Society Limited (Kidney Hills) Karachi and making payments through fake bank accounts, which caused a huge loss to the national exchequer.
The decision was taken during the Executive Board Meeting of the anti-graft watchdog chaired by Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal at NAB headquarters.
NAB Prosecutor General Accountability Syed Asghar Haider, DG Operations Zahir Shah, DG NAB Rawalpindi Irfan Naeem Mangi and other senior officials were in attendance.
Also in the meeting, approval was given for an inquiry against the officers/officials of the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation.
It was also decided in the meeting to send a complaint against the officers/officials of the Customs Department stationed at Sost Dry Port for alleged negligence in discharging their official duties to the Federal Board of Revenue.
The executive board said that NAB believes in the sanctity and respect of parliament and parliamentarians in accordance with the law.
The meeting was informed that the business community plays an important role in the development of the country. It vehemently denied the baseless notion that the business community is in trouble because of NAB.
“NAB has always believed in performing its duties in accordance with the Constitution, which is the desire of the business community and all other sections of Pakistan to help make it a prosperous and developed country free from corruption.”
On rumours regarding deaths in custody, the board clarified that no one was killed in its custody.
NAB has categorically rejected the propaganda by some elements in this regard, saying that such a misleading and fabricated campaign cannot stop the NAB from discharging its constitutional and legal duties.
In this regard, the NAB has decided to conduct an inquiry under Section 31 (a) 31 of the NAB Ordinance against those who are baseless, fabricated, misleading and damaging the reputation of the NAB.
NAB Chairman Iqbal directed the investigation officers and prosecutors to follow up on NAB cases in the esteemed courts with utmost readiness so that the money looted from the corrupt elements could be recovered and deposited in the national treasury.
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