Pakistan Railways (PR) General Manager (GM) Operations Saeed Akhtar was handed over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on 14-day remand here on Friday.
According to details, Akhtar was presented before Judge Ali Hasan Rizvi of the city’s local court by NAB in allegations levelled against him during investigations of Railways’ scrap scandal.
The judge allowed Akhtar’s family to meet him.
The defence counsel pleaded the court that his client Akhtar maintained a flawless career throughout his stint with the Railways, hence, he should be allowed to continue with his duties as the PR executive. But, the court dismissed this plea.
The NAB officials pleaded the court for Akhtar’s 14-day remand, which was accepted.
The NAB’s special cell headed by Director-General Operations Col (retd) Shahzad Bhatti investigating the corruption cases in the Railways, arrested Akhtar for misuse of authority and his alleged involvement in embezzlement worth Rs600 million. He was summoned to the NAB office in Islamabad and taken into custody on Thursday,just after three days after his reappointment by the prime minister on the key post.
It should be mentioned here that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani reappointed him as GM Operations on a one-year extension. The Railways Ministry had issued a notification for his reappointment on Monday. Akhtar had retired from service on March 2 after reaching the age of superannuation.
It is pertinent to note here that the Supreme Court had referred PR’s corruption cases to the NAB for further probe earlier this month.
Another of Gilani cronies. Hope he dies behind the walls of prison.
Pakistan was never created by Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah for financial irregularities and corruption in public and private sector.
The dilemma of Pakistan is that it take so much time to unearth corruption due to non-transparent system which people do not want to make transparent so that they should cheat and loot the country.
As far as charity is concerned Pakistan stands number 3 in the world, but the money for charity is given by the people after evading government taxes.
What happens next?
People are robbed at gun point and receive threats from Bhatta Mafia and in order to save their lives they are forced to pay the money.
If people will start giving taxes honestly on their actual earnings, the robbers and Bhatta Mafia will not away their money.
The justice is served in Pakistan at a time when people take away the looted money and invest in foreign countries.
Take the example of Prime Minister Gilani.
He is ready to lose his job but do not want to write a letter against the President to Swiss Authorities in order to save the President.
My question to NAB is: when will you people arrest the Federal Minister of Railway or you will leave him to roam freely so that he should transfer the money into his foreign countries account?
Three Railway Ministers are responsible for destruction; Yusaf Gilani under PM Junejo, Zafar Leghari under BB, Billor under Nawaz and Billor again under Gillani. They should all be prosecuted.
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