NPF land scandal: SC orders PML-N leader to return 126 kanals of land
Court says NPF has been robbed; if Anjum Aqeel does not return the land, action should be taken against him.
Anjum Aqeel Khan. PHOTO: INP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court of Pakistan said on Thursday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Anjum Aqeel Khan was involved in the illegal allotment of land owned by the National Police Foundation (NPF).
Aqeel was ordered to return the 126 kanals of land he was in charge of, or to give 86 civil plots or an amount equivalent to the land’s value to the NPF within two months.
The court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to start an investigation regarding the scandal. NAB was asked to submit a report to the court in 90 days.
During the hearing, Justice Ijaz Chaudhry read from an 82-page document, outlining the court’s decision regarding the NPF land scandal.
The document stated that the NPF had been robbed, giving examples of plots that had been illegally allocated for only Rs100.
The court further added that if Aqeel does not return the land, then action should be taken against him and his land seized.
Background
In March 2011, Aqeel was arrested on charges of fraud, but as the police took him to Shalimar police station, they were attacked by his supporters, who had managed to wrest his custody from the police.
An FIR was registered against him in Shalimar police station under article 409 and arrest warrants were also issued against him after a sub-committee formed by the Interior secretary had written to IGP Islamabad.
Aqeel had been implicated in a fraud case in National Police Foundation (NPF) in which he, as the proprietor of Land Linkers, two former IGPs as well as former managing director (MD) of the NPF for embezzling Rs6 billion worth of land.
Aqeel had said that he was being made the target of politically motivated charges.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan said on Thursday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Anjum Aqeel Khan was involved in the illegal allotment of land owned by the National Police Foundation (NPF).
Aqeel was ordered to return the 126 kanals of land he was in charge of, or to give 86 civil plots or an amount equivalent to the land’s value to the NPF within two months.
The court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to start an investigation regarding the scandal. NAB was asked to submit a report to the court in 90 days.
During the hearing, Justice Ijaz Chaudhry read from an 82-page document, outlining the court’s decision regarding the NPF land scandal.
The document stated that the NPF had been robbed, giving examples of plots that had been illegally allocated for only Rs100.
The court further added that if Aqeel does not return the land, then action should be taken against him and his land seized.
Background
In March 2011, Aqeel was arrested on charges of fraud, but as the police took him to Shalimar police station, they were attacked by his supporters, who had managed to wrest his custody from the police.
An FIR was registered against him in Shalimar police station under article 409 and arrest warrants were also issued against him after a sub-committee formed by the Interior secretary had written to IGP Islamabad.
Aqeel had been implicated in a fraud case in National Police Foundation (NPF) in which he, as the proprietor of Land Linkers, two former IGPs as well as former managing director (MD) of the NPF for embezzling Rs6 billion worth of land.
Aqeel had said that he was being made the target of politically motivated charges.