A meeting of Executive Board of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was held under the chairmanship of Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Chairman NAB, here on Tuesday, wherein it was decided to file corruption references in the concerned Accountability Courts.
During the meeting, the Board decided to file a reference against Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, ex-prime minister of Pakistan for appointment of his son in-law Azeem-ul-Haq in World Bank in violation of rules and regulations and misusing his authority as PM. The Board also decided to file a reference against ex-chairman Employees Old Age Benefits Institute (EOBI) Zafar Iqbal Gondal along others for making illegal appointments during their tenure and causing a loss of Rs 600 million to the national exchequer.
The Board decided to file a reference against Mola Bux Awan, ex-acting secretary, Ministry of Housing and Works and Gulab Zameer, Director General Pak PWD for making illegal appointments of 746 persons in violation of rules and regulations which caused loss of Rs 6.32 million to the national kitty.
The Board in a case against Nasir Muhammad Ashraf, Director Harith General Trading LLC Dubai; Aamir Saleem Anwar Khan, Chief Executive Chimera Pvt Ltd; Tahir Saleem Anwar Khan, Director Chimera Pvt Ltd and Nasir Saleem Khan of Chimera Pvt Ltd, decided to further investigate the matter as a huge loss of Rs 1.3 billion has been caused to banks. It was directed to complete the investigation in four weeks time.
The Executive Board authorised an inquiry against Managing Director (MD) and Management of Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation Limited (Passco) for illegal recruitment in Passco during interim period, ie May/June 2013. The accused persons are also alleged for leaking of examination papers/recruitment test.
In a case against Senator Sehar Kamran regarding alleged corruption, misuse of authority and embezzlement of school funds collected from the students in the form of fee at Pakistan International School Jeddah, the Board has decided to probe the matter in co-ordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis through their Welfare Attaches. Huge embezzlement in school fees has been reported in the case.
In a case against China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHCES), the Board granted four more weeks to NAB Sindh for further inquiry into the matter. In the case the accused persons are alleged for Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) on different dates to Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) Government of Pakistan under AML Act 2010 against their customers who were maintaining bank accounts at different branches.-PR