ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP):A meeting of the Executive Board of National Accountability Bureau (NAB-EBM) chaired by Justice Javed Iqbal on Wednesday accorded approval of filing three references, conducting three inquiries and referring some inquiries to relevant forum for further proceedings and action.
The first reference would be filed against Khawaja Anwar Majeed and others for inflicting Rs 340 million losses to the national exchequer through money laundering and corrupt practices.
Another reference will be filed against Syed Arif Khan, director and partner of Messers Kanal View and others for looting the people causing Rs 266 million losses to national exchequer. They have been accused of having assets beyond known sources of income.
The EBM accorded approval of conducting three investigations against several persons including Nasar Ahmed Afzal, Sagheer Ahmed Afzal and others, officers and officials of Excise and Taxation department, owners, management and others of Unicorn Prestige hotel, Lahore, officers and officials of Sindh Building control authority (SBCA)/ Karachi Metropolitan corporation (KMC), and management, officers and others of Balochistan Development Authority Quetta.
The EBM accorded approval of attaching the inquiries against the officers, officials and management of Punjab Energy Holding company, Limited with the ongoing inquiry against appointment of officers in 56 companies.
The EBM also approved referring the inquiry against Fazal Amin, Siraj Din and others to Anti Narcotics Force. The same forum also okayed sending inquiry against Saeed Ahmed Khan, Chairman Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and others, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan to Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) in pursuance of Islamabad High Court decision.
The EBM authorized closing inquiries against officers/officials and others of Abdul Wali Khan University, International Non governmental Organisations (INGOs), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), FAO Rural Programme and others owing to absence of evidence.
Justice Javed Iqbal Chairman NAB said the bureau has filed 600 corruption references in different accountability courts in the last 23 months. The conviction ratio of NAB in corruption cases was 70 percent.The bureau has recovered Rs71 billion directly or indirectly from the corrupt elements and deposited in the national exchequer.
NAB has concluded 41 mega corruption cases, while inquiries were continuing in 15 mega corruption cases and investigation continuing in18 mega corruption cases, he added.
He urged regulators of housing societies including Lahore Development Authority (LDA), Capital Development Authority (CDA), Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), Balochistan Development Authority (BDA), Peshawar Development Authority (PDA), Multan Development Authority (MDA), Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) and others to enlist approved housing societies at their respective websites and inform the people about illegal housing societies to save them from looting.
