The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Tuesday arrested senior officials for embezzlement of funds.
They include Dr Amber Ali, Serving Additional Secretary Planning and Development , Zulfiqar Khan, DG, Independent Monitoring Unit (DMG Officer/BPS-19) KP, Muhammad Aslam Rafique, Deputy Director, Audit, Abdul Mustafa, Contractor, Muhammad Bashir, Tehsil Officer (Infrastructure), Maqbool-ur-Rehman, Accountant, Abdul Hameed, Assistant Tehsil Officer, Muhammad Raziq, Sub-Engineer and Azhar Jalil, Sub-Engineer.
The arrested officials are allegedly involved in misuse of authority and embezzlement of funds through ghost and sub-standard developmental schemes in District Mansehra and Torghar, amounting to Rs100 million.
During the course of inquiry, it was revealed that under Prime Minister’s Directives, funds were allocated for developmental schemes in NA-21 District Mansehra and Torghar. The government had launched developmental schemes under Peoples Works Programme-II and allocated Rs 225 million for execution of 567 schemes including construction and rehabilitation of shingle roads, PCC roads, PCC streets, wells etc.
The accused Amber Ali and Zulfiqar Khan during their tenure as Deputy Commissioners Mansehra in connivance with others embezzled more than Rs 100 million through ghost and sub-standard schemes.
The accused allegedly approved the schemes and allowed payments to the contractors without completion of all formalities.
