Chitral Times Report
CHITRAL: NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested accused Nawab Khan s/o Amir Zaman (private person) involved in embezzlement of Rs. 340 Million allocated for Housing Uniform Assistance Subsidy (HUASP) of the IDPs of Bajaur Agency.
As per details, under the Housing Uniform Assistance Subsidy Project the Government of Pakistan with the assistance of USAID paid around 2.5 billion in Bajuar as compensation to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) whose houses had been damaged in the Military Operation against the miscreants. Under the project Rs. 400,000/- were paid to each individual whose houses had been completely damaged, while Rs. 160,000/- were paid to owners of the partially damaged houses. During the course of investigation, it was discovered that accused Nawab Khan with mala fide intentions in connivance with others prepared fake survey forms of ghost and ineligible affectees under Housing Uniform Assistance Subsidy Project in Bajour Agency, got included fake forms in the payment lists already prepared after survey conducted by Political Administration Bajaur Agency and got approved payment list containing such fake forms, causing huge loss of Rs. 340 Million to national exchequer. Accused Nawab Khan had absconded legal proceedings since then. Case is under trial in accountability court.
14 days physical custody of the accused has been given to NAB Khyber Pakhtukhwa by the Accountability Court. It merits mentioning here that Rs. 110 Million have been recovered from other co-accused through plea bargain while Arshad Khan Ex DG FDMA and Irfan Ullah Ex- Assistant Director FDMA were previously arrested in the instant case and are currently on bail.
