ISLAMABAD - The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday authorised ten inquiries and two investigations against government officials, politicians and businessmen.
Chairman NAB Justice (r) Javeed Ibqal chaired the meeting here and said NAB is pursuing the policy of ‘Accountability for All’ and priority is to take white collar crimes to logical conclusion. NAB’s faith is corruption free Pakistan. NAB has recovered billion of rupees from illegal housing societies and returned to the effectees, he said.
The EBM gave approval of conducting 10 inquiries against Messers Pace Pakistan, Private Limited and others; Messers Commoners, Sky Garden Private Limited and officials/officers of Revenue Department; Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Farooq Maan, former chairman PCBL; Messers Hasnain Cotex; Rawat Developers and others; officers/officials of PIA; officers/officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Economic Zone Development and Management Company, Peshawar and others; Management of Balochistan Development Authority; Health Department Quetta and others; Children Hospital Multan; officers and officials of District Account Office, Multan and others; Health Department Quetta and others; Children Hospital Multan, District Account Office Multan officers/officials and others; Ahmed Khan Baloch, former member of provincial assembly from Lodhran and others; Arif Ibrahim, former Secretary Finance, Gilgit-Baltistan and others and officers and officials of LGE&RDD TMA Town III and others.
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The EBM also authorized two investigations against various departments including officers/officials of Land Utilisation Department, government of Sindh and others; officers /officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited. The EBM authorized referring the cases against officers/officials of Swat University and others; officers/officials of Revenue Department Charsadda and others; Directorate of Civil Defence, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; officers/officials of District Education Office, Kohat and others to chief secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as per law.
The meeting authorized sending cases against Malik Muhammad Usman, Chairman District Council, Qila Abdullah and others to Anti Corruption Department, Balochistan.
The EBM authorized transferring the cases of buying land in Sarai Professional Cooperative Housing Society and officers/officials of CDA and others to CDA to proceed as per law.
EBM authorized sending cases of Jan Muhammad Memon, Account Holder, Allied Bank Limited Cattle Branch, Hyderabad to Auditor General, Sindh for further legal action.
The EBM authorized referring the cases against the management of Faisalabad Parking Company Limited, officers/officials and management of Lahore Division Cattle Market Management Committee and other to Local Bodies Department, Punjab as per law.
The EBM authorized closing the cases against Chaudhry Muhammad Qasim, Chief Executive/Director, Messers Chaudhry Group of Industries (Chaudhry Cable Private Limited and Chaudhry Wire Rope Industries Private Limited Lahore) and others; owners /directors of Messers Hasnain Cosmetics Private Limited; officers/officials of C and D; Department, Punjab; Management of Punjab Culture and Outreach Company; Management, Officers/officials of Capital Market Management Company, Dera Ghazi Khan; Management, officers/ officials of Punjab Population Innovation Fund Company and others; Management, officers/officials of Punjab Working Women Endowment; Malik Qasim, member Provincial Assembly due to lack of incriminating evidence.