Turkish rental power ship taken into maritime custody on NAB orders

Air craft belonging to Iqbal Ahmed of Pakistan Power Resources grounded

LAHORE:
The Maritime Security Agency has taken custody of the Turish ship 'Kaya Bey' of the Karkay Karodeniz, anchored  in Karachi. Meanwhile the Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a plane belonging to Iqbal Z Ahmad, the Principal Officer of Pakistan Power Resources on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), sources familiar with the matter told The Express Tribune revealed.

On Wednesday the representatives of Karkay Karodeni appeared before the Director General (DG) Operations as well as DG Special Operations Division set up at NAB Headquarters in Islamabad for dealing with corruption and high profile cases particularly those cases referred by the Supreme Court to the NAB Chairman. The Kaya Bey is a power ship stationed in Karachi and belongs to the Karkay Karodeni, a Turkish power company.

The Chief Executive of the Tehno-E Power once again appeared before the NAB. While the representatives of the Pakistan Power Resources were directed to appear before the NAB on Thursday, the representatives of Walters Power International bound to appear before the NAB on Friday while the representatives of the Gulf Rental bound to appear before the NAB on Monday.


Meanwhile, the civil aviation authorities informed the NAB authorities that an air craft owned by Iqbal Z Ahmad, the Principal Officer of Pakistan Power Recourses, currently standing in a hanger in Sukkur, has been grounded till a time NAB grants permission clearing its usage.

Similarly ,the maritime agency informed the NAB authorities that  a ship anchored in Karachi owned by a Turkish company Karkay Karodeniz has been taken over and the staff of Merry Time Agency has formally taken custody of the ship. They said that some boats have also been assigned duties to keep a vigil on the boat and ensure it remains berthed, sources familiar with the matter further revealed.

The NAB officials issued a deadline to representatives of both the RPPs who appeared before NAB on Wednesday to deposit about Rs7 billion in liable funds into the accounts of Voluntarily Return (VR) within three days.

Notices to the remaining under-question RPPs have also been issued, officials dealing with the matter told The Express Tribune.

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