Islamabad, The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Executive Board Meeting held at NAB headquarters on Thursday with Honorable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal,
Chairman NAB in the chair. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman NAB,Prosecutor General Accountability, DG Operations NAB, DG NAB, Rawalpindi and other senior officers of NAB.
It is a yearlong policy of NAB to share the details of EBM with the public which does not aim to hurt the feelings of anyone as all inquiries and investigations are initiated on the basis of alleged allegations, which are not final. NAB is a public friendly institution. The bureau only decides to go ahead with case after assessing the
merits of the cases and after knowing flip side of the coin.
The EBM authorised filing four references against former secretary land utilisation, Sindh, Ghulam Mustafa Phal and others on allegations of illegally allotting state land at district Malir by abusing authority that caused Rs 12 billion losses to national exchequer.
EBM okayed filing corruption reference against Saqib Soomro and others on the accusations of illegally allotting state land by abusing their authority that inflicted Rs 1.5 billion losses to national exchequer.
The EBM authorised filing supplementary corruption reference
against former chairman Pakistan Steel Mills Moin Aftab Sheikh and others. They are accused of inflicting Rs 434.468 million losses through corrupt practices and abuse of authority.
The forum okayed filing yet other reference against former managing director PEPCO Rasool Khan Mehsood and others for causing heavy losses to public exchequer by abusing authority.
The EBM of National Accountability Bureau authorised some 12 inquiries against various personalities including Vice Chancellor, Mehan University of Engineering and Science and Technology, Jam Shoro. Dr Muhammad Aslam Aqili , Officials/officers of Labour Department, Sindh , Messers Sky Rooms Limited Company,others,Messers Lucky Cement,officials/officers of Land Utilisation Department, forme chief Commissioner Income Tax, Hyderabad Muhammad Ali Sand and others,chairmen Sindh Public Service Commission Noor Muhammad Jadmani, member Sindh Public Service Commission Ejaz Ali Khan Durrani,others,Acting vice chancellor , Sindh University campus,Badin ,Professor Dr Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro and others, chief engineer South,PWD, Divisional Accounts officer Ikram ul Haq,Divisional Accounts officer Zafar Iqbal, Xen, Pak P.W.D.,Karachi Siraj Nizam, former secretary Land Utilisation Department Ghulam MUSTAFA Phal, Gul Muhammad Jakhrani , officers and officials of Board of Revenue , Karach and others, former Principal Secretary to former governor , Sindh Mumtazur Rehman, officers and officials of Sindh Building Control Authority and others,director Schools Education , Karachi , Abdul Wahab Abbasi and others for conducting inquiry against them.
The EBM approved conducting five investigations against several accused persons including officers /officials of Sindh Coal Authority,Messers Pak Oasis and others,Syed Nusrat Shaukat and others. Three investigations are okayed against Superintendent Engineer, RBOD, Circle, Hyderabad Imran Sheikh,officers / officials of Irrigation Department and others.
The EBM authorised closing inquiries against owners/managers of Krack Merina Project, Karachi and others, former chairman NICL and others,Officers/ officials of SBCA Master Plan Department Sindh, Messers Haba Builders, Karachi and others due to absence of evidence
The EBM okayed transferring investigations against officers/officials and others of Customs department, Karachi to FBR after completion of plea bargain deal.
Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Justice Javed Iqbal has said that taking mega corruption white collar crimes cases to logical conclusion is the top most priority of the NAB.
He said NAB is pursuing the policy of accountability for all.NAb is anti corruption institution.NAB has no affiliation with any political party, individual or group but state of Pakistan.Since
inception the bureau has recovered recovered
Rs 790 billion whereas Rs 487 billion has been recovered in last three yeas.
NAB has filed 1,269 references in revered accountability courts which are under trial right now.
NAB and Pakistan cannot go together. Bureau respects business community.NAB will perform its duties without caring about any pressure. The detractors should better concentrate on defending their cases in courts instead of criticising the bureau where law will take its course.
Chairman said bureau is making sincere efforts to recover looted amount by illegal housing societies and modarba scam.
