NAB (KP) authorized inquiry against deputy commissioner Shangla, filing of references against director PDA 7 officers of PSO in mega corruption cases
Chitral Times Report
PESHAWAR: The Regional Board Meeting (RBM) of National Accountability Bureau Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was held (Yesterday) under the chairmanship of Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan, Director General NAB (KP) at Peshawar. The meeting was attended by Directors, Additional Directors, Case Officers, Senior Legal Consultants and other concerned officers. The following decisions were taken during the Meeting.
Board authorized several inquiries and approved filling of references in Accountability Court. The Board recommended conversion of inquiry into investigation against Deputy Commissioner Shangla & other regarding corruption & corrupt practices / embezzlement of funds to the tune of Rs.123.8 Million. The subjects are alleged to have been involved in embezzlement of funds for the rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by flood in year 2016. During the course of inquiry, it was discovered that the Deputy Commissioner Shangla misused his authority and criminally / illegally enabled the execution agencies to select contractor without advertisement and disbursed funds without any codal formalities. The flow of funds also suggests that TMO’s and Tehsil Nazim were at the same time executors, monitors, contractors and disbursers of the funds allocated for the rehabilitation of infrastructure, causing huge loss to national exchequer. ¬¬¬
Beside this the Board also approved filling of 02 x references. First reference was approved against Amin-ud-Din, Director Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) Peshawar regarding accumulation of Assets beyond known sources of income worth Rs. 64.690 Million. The details of the assets are Market shops / godown in Peshawar, 05 Marla Plot, Ajab Khan Town Peshawar, 01 Kanal plot in Hayatabad Peshawar, luxury Bungalow 01 Kanal Hayatabad Peshawar, two 05 Marla houses in Hayatabad Peshawar, 01 Kanal Plot Regi Model Town Peshawar, 05 Marla House Ring Road Peshawar, Commercial unit Markaz Islamabad, A House at G.T. Road, unjustified investment in M/s Muhammad Tariq Trading Company & Fabrics Business at Dubai (U.A.E), Investment in Paradise Silk Centre, Sumbal Arcade Peshawar Saddar and Investment in M/s. I.P. Traders at Nowshera.
Second reference was approved against Officers/ Officials of Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSO), Customs Department and others regarding Misappropriation / misuse of authority committed in the consignments of petroleum tankers for export to Afghanistan via Torkham Border. Fake exports of 55 consignments of POL products as sold out in the local market causing loss of Rs. 23.040 Million to the National Exchequer.
At the end, Director General NAB (KP) Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan appeal the general public to joint hand with NAB (KP) for eradication of corruption from the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
