The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) held under the chairmanship of NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, on Friday decided to conduct an inquiry against Faisal Farooq, Ahmer Farooq, Fahad Farooq, Omer Farooq, Farooq Ahmed of M/S Nirala Dairy Pvt Ltd Lahore through its directors, associates and abettors.
In this case, the accused persons were alleged for corruption, corrupt practices and misappropriation of Loan facilities thus causing loss of Rs 1767.836 million to the national exchequer.
In an inquiry against Khalid Islam, DG PCRET (Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies) Islamabad, the EBM observed irregularities and decided to send the case to Ministry of Science and Technology for appropriate departmental action as per rules.
The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) decided to authorise investigation against Officers/Officials of Sindh Workers Welfare Board and Revenue Department, Gadap Town. In this case, the accused persons were alleged for purchase of 128-29 acres land in Deh Mahyo at exorbitant rates.
In a case against Contractor and Officers / Officials of Pakistan Railway in embezzlement in a purchase order, the EBM directed DG NAB (Lahore) to further examine the case and put up report at the earliest. In this case, the accused Railway Officers in connivance with each other misused their authority by issuing ambiguous work-order for supply of 11x items in violation of PPRA Rules and made 100 per cent payment to the supplier firm without completion of the project and preparation of the measurement books.
In a case against Azhar I. Jaffary, Ex-Chairman / MD Sindh Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. (SEL) Karachi and others regarding alleged corruption, corrupt practices and embezzlement of funds, the EBM decided to send the matter to the concerned ministry for appropriate necessary departmental action as per rules.
In a case against officers of Govt. of KP and others regarding illegal re-instatement of accused Gulzar Khan, Sher Adam, Hizbullah Khan and Hidayat Khan, the EBM decided to write a letter to KP chief secretary and inform him about the Plea Bargain (PB) of the accused persons and the legal consequence of a deemed conviction.