NAB asked to submit M6 scam reference

Loss of Rs5.8 billion to national exchequer

HYDERABAD:

As National Accountability Bureau (NAB) keeps delaying submission of final reference concerning multi-billion rupees land acquisition scam for M6 Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway, the Accountability Court Hyderabad has given a final deadline of January 18 to the bureau.

The embezzlement and misappropriation of funds for the M6 Motorway in Matiari and Naushehro Feroze districts of Sindh caused a loss of Rs5.8 billion to the national exchequer.

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Although NAB filed corruption case for the fraud committed in the Matiari district and some 17 persons including the dismissed Deputy Commissioner Adnan Rashid were indicted by the same court on August 15, 2023, the bureau has yet to file the reference against the suspects belonging to Naushehro Feroze.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2024.