General Manager (GM) Procurement & Contracts, Muhammad Tahir Maqbool of Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC), has been arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB), following the allegations of corrupt practices of illegal evaluation charges in LWMC. As per the case details, accused Muhammad Tahir Maqbool was associated with LWMC as General Manager, Procurement and Consultant, whereas, he also worked as 'Consultant' with Rawalpindi Waste Management.
During the course of investigations, it was revealed that the accused caused colossal loss amounting to Rs1 billion (approx) to the state kitty by preparing bidding documents having instructions to the bidder to offer price without labour cost despite the fact that labour cost was included in the cost estimates.
Earlier, NAB investigators had arrested three other senior officials in the said case from which investigations are underway. Tahir Maqbool would be produced before accountability court for seeking his physical remand.