The bureau has completed initial inquiry into the case. PHOTO: FILE
According to agenda item prepared for Executive Board Meeting (EMB) scheduled for today (Monday), NAB acting chairman will authorise a formal inquiry into the scandal, sources familiar with the matter revealed.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on October 5 had given directive for cancellation of more than 2,000 blue passports issued in violation of rules during the rule of PPP government.
Sources in NAB familiar with the preliminary inquiry proceedings said the blue passports could be issued to entitled persons only and that there could be no relaxation of rules in this regard.
They added that NAB had already gathered most of the record regarding issuance of blue passports to the unauthorised persons, while the remaining record would be sought during the course of formal inquiry.
NAB’s mandate
The NAB team will determine the role of the concerned officials of Ministry of Interior and the passport office(s). It will also fix responsibility of each individual, political dignitary, government official, agent or private person, said sources in NAB.
NAB would also proceed against government officials, who had issued fake documents to the private persons by showing them government officials after receiving hefty sums of money as bribe.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 23rd, 2013.
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This is the most sensitive institution of any state ; failure of this means means state failure
Please do display these noble class (culprits) names and status.
Why this publicity of an inquiry?? Just do the spade work, indict them and produce them in court and be done with them. This does not happen in any civilized, law abiding country's police.