KP NAB arrests Telephone Industries of Pakistan secretary, others for illegal allotment of plots

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday arrested accused of Telephone Industries of Pakistan Limited, Haripur for alleged involvement in illegal allotment of plots in Telephone Industries of Pakistan Housing Scheme and caused loss of Rs 360 million to public exchequer.
The arrested accused included Syed Rizwan Mehmood, company Secretary, Tahir Jan, General Secretary, Muhammad Waseem, Deputy Manager, Qazi Ibrar, Deputy Manager and Zamruad Khan, Executive of Telephone Industries of Pakistan.
The Telephone Industries Pakistan Co-operative Housing Society / Housing Scheme is built on around 1025 Kanal land with approved Master Plan which further bifurcates between residential area 560 Kanal and area reserved for amenities 406 Kanal. All plots at Telephone Industries of Pakistan Housing Scheme were allotted to Telephone Industries of Pakistan employees from 1991-2001 through Power of Attorney awarded to Chairman Telephone Industries of Pakistan Housing Scheme by the GM Telephone Industries of Pakistan.
The main accused Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah, Chairman Telephone Industries of Pakistan in connivance with committee members Syed Rizwan Mehmood, Tahir Jan, Muhammad Waseem, Qazi Ibrar and Zamruad Khan illegally changed the Master Plan without the approval of competent authority, illegitimately converted amenity sites into residential plots of different sizes ie 5, 7, 10 and 20 Marla and issued illegally 145 allotment letters in Telephone Industries of Pakistan Housing Scheme.
Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah, Chairman Telephone Industries of Pakistan has already been arrested in the instant case. The accused persons will be presented in the Accountability Court Peshawar for obtaining their physical remand.