Anwer Majeed, others indicted in Pink Residency reference

An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday indicted OMNI Group chief Anwar Majeed, Abdul Ghani Majeed and others in Pink Residency reference.

The case was taken up by AC Judge Azam Khan, where the accused were indicted. However Anwar Majeed, Abdul Ghani Majeed and others refused to accept charge sheet against them and pleaded innocent.

NAB says they caused a loss of billions of rupees to the national exchequer through their scheme.

The court adjourning the hearing till October 16, summoned three witnesses in the reference.

The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Rawalpindi branch had filed a reference against the chief executive officer (CEO) of Omni Group Abdul Ghani Majeed, Anwar Majeed, former assistant commissioner Muhammad Garho and others.

The Pink Residency reference is the second to be filed in the fake accounts case. On April 4, NAB filed the first interim reference which nominated nine accused of misuse of authority and illegal allotment of amenity plots in Karachi.

The reference has been filed in an investigation into holders of public office, legal persons, and others allegedly involved in the ongoing fake bank accounts case pertaining to misuse of authority in the allotment or regularisation of government land in favor of M/S Pink Residency and others.

In the reference, the named were accused of misusing their authority and causing losses worth Rs 2.5 billion to the national exchequer.