CRACK DOWN ON CORRUPTION: FIA unearths scams in CDA, retrieves properties from illegal occupants

Islamabad : The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to activate every circle and wing of the agency to enhance their performance.

The Corporate Crime Circle (CCC) of the FIA has busted a gang comprising officials from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) involved in transferring land to property magnates of the federal capital using fake transfer letters. The Anti-Corruption Wing has arrested 8 officials of CDA and property traders after lodging a first information report (FIR) under sections 419, 420, 468. 471 & 109 PPC r/w 5 (2) PCA 1947, and started investigation after obtaining their physical remand from the court.

The Corporate Crime Circle took up the case upon receiving a reference from the Establishment Division on 11th October, 2023, and lodged an FIR. The officials engaged in the investigation of the case said that the role of other officials and officers of CDA and other private persons will be determined during investigation.

The Deputy Director Anti-Corruption Circle told this scribe that the case was initiated upon receipt of a reference from Establishment Division dated 11th October, 2023, which indicated that CDA Land and Revenue Directorate staff, in connivance with each other, made bogus allotment of 11 plot files in CDA Sector 1-12 illegally and unlawfully under which fake inheritance was sanctioned by Ch. Hassan Akhtar (Patwari CDA) and Aamir Hayat Oulakh, (Tehsildar CDA) in favour of Nawab Jan, as sister and Qalandar Khan, paternal cousin, subsequently, inheritance of Qalandar Khan devolved upon his son Faqeer Muhammad and later to legal heirs of Faqeer Muhammad namely Qaiser Ali and Nazima Parveen..

In actuality, the Deputy Director stated, the persons are not true legal heirs of Mumtaz Jan w/o Shuiabullah. Hence, apparently, offences of cheating through preparing and using fake and forged inheritance and documents were committed by the accused Ch. Hassan Akhtar Patwari CDA, Aamir Hayat Oulakh, Tchsildar CDA, Sidra Anwar, the then Deputy Director Land, Alman Alam, the then Director Estate, CDA, Aftab Saleem AD (L&R), Agent/Dealer Kashif Rauf Qureshi and fictitious legal heirs namely Qaiser Ali and Nazima Parveen being beneficiaries. The DD said that a property mogul is still at large, however, the FIA teams would hunt him down soon.

Additionally, the FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad took action against the illegal occupants of Evacuee Trust, retrieving billions of worth of commercial property from Waqf Properties Board in Rawalpindi. The retrieved property, located in the Raja Bazaar area of Rawalpindi, spans over 10 marlas and consists of 15 shops. The property has been handed over to the Waqf Properties authorities after the retrieval process. The operation was carried out with assistance from the district administration, Waqf Properties, and local police.

All possible resources are being utilized to retrieve the occupied properties of the Waqf Properties Board in light of the Supreme Court's orders. The officers said that the Anti-Corruption Circle, with the Corporate Crime Circle, on the direction of their command, have decided to open cases against the government departments pending due to certain reasons.