islamabad - The National Police Foundation has informed the Supreme Court that it had recovered a total of Rs506 million so far in the multi-billion NPF’s land scam.

The NPF submitted a compliance report in pursuance of the top court directions on a suo motu case in the multi-billion scam.

The SC in 2011 had taken the suo motu notice of the issue based on an inquiry report submitted to the interior ministry stating the former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan acted as a broker in connivance with four NPF officials to commit fraud of Rs6 billion in the procurement of land in E-11 for a housing society.

In the case, the Supreme Court had ruled that the NPF shall take steps for the implementation of the report of the commission headed by Justice (Retd) Maulvi Anwarul Haque to investigate the scam and in this regard Notice of Demand will be issued to each allottee of the plot or its subsequent purchaser.

In its compliance report submitted by Secretary NPF Helena Iqbal Saeed to the top court, the Foundation stated that it had received so far Rs5.6 million after the service of Notice of Demand to allottees of plots or their subsequent purchasers.

“Hence the recovery of difference of market value of plots from the allottees or their subsequent purchasers as per report of the commission after the submission of first compliance report dated 09.01.2018 is Rs9 million,” stated the second compliance report of the NPF.

According to the report, the NPF had issued Notice of Demand to the allotees of plots or their subsequent purchasers as per lists of plots included in the report of the commission.

“The total notices issued in this regard were 1573. Moreover, the alottees were also informed through the same Notice of Demand that if such a person had any objection to the commission report, the same may be filed before the top court,” it added.

Further, the report added, out of the 1573 notices a total of 527 notices had been returned to the NPF on one pretext or the other including non-availability of allottees of plots or their subsequent purchasers at the time of serving of notice, moving out of addressee(s) i.e. allottees of plots or their subsequent purchasers from their respective correspondence addresses available in NPF’s record and the deaths of allotees of plots or their subsequent purchasers.

The NPF submitted that its hectic efforts were underway to trace out the present correspondence addresses of the allottees of plots or their subsequent purchasers.  

Moreover, the Foundation claimed that it was also in receipt of a number of applications whereby the addresses of notices of demand had filed objections regarding payment of difference of market value in light of report of the Commission. “A comprehensive report regarding objections presented by some allottees of plots or their subsequent purchasers will be presented to this court at the time of submission of subsequent compliance report,” it assured. 

It is further stated that the process of recovery of difference in market value of plots was continuing, adding the NPF was making all-out efforts in a befitting manner to comply with the directions of top court.

The commission report submitted by Maulvi Anwarul Haque observed that certain steps were required for the recovery of market price of the plots allotted by NPF.

A former Director Finance NPF Abdul Jamal Khan had objected to the report stating that more than one thousand persons will be required to make payments of the plots in terms of the report of the Commission.

However, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed in its earlier order last year ruled that his objections will be heard later on.