National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday arrested an accused Umar Waqas (Absconder) Owner of Umar & Co. Alfalah Street, Arbab Road, Peshawar. He is allegedly involved in huge loss to state exchequer by supplying substandard equipment for science labs, stationary items, uniform, etc, at highly exorbitant rates with the name of fake firms, without adopting genuine bidding process. The whole process was conducted in violations of PPRA Rules and caused huge loss of millions of rupees to the state exchequer.
As per inquiry conducted so far millions of rupees were paid to accused Asghar Awan and Manzoor Ghauri in the name of five fake and non-registered companies including Umar & Co. Alfalah Street, Arbab Road, Peshawar, Ashraf Enterprises, Monica Supply Agency etc. It is worth mentioning here that Tariq Awan, Secretary Worker Welfare Board who is the main culprit of this mega scam has already been arrested.
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