NAB tightens noose around illegal housing schemes

LAHORE:The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore Director General M Ahtram Dar convened a monthly open hearing at NAB Lahore Bureau on Friday.

The victims of several major housing scandals, including the Prime Zone Scandal, Al-Rehman Garden Phase 4, Khayaban-e-Amin Housing Society, and Palm Vista Housing Scheme participated in the session and presented their grievances. Additionally, complainants related to Grand Avenue Housing, Professional Cooperative Housing, New Lahore City, Omega Housing, and Bin Alam Housing scandals also brought forward their grievances during the hearing.

NAB Lahore DG Ahtram Dar attentively listened to the concerns of all complainants and reassured them of NAB’s commitment to ensuring justice and accountability. He issued clear deadlines to the relevant investigation teams for making significant progress in all cases and emphasised the importance of delivering timely relief to the public in line with the directives of the Chairman NAB.

In his remarks, NAB Lahore DG highlighted that the bureau is fully committed to safeguarding the rights of victims and ensuring restitution of their losses through lawful means. He reiterated that the instructions of the NAB Chairman are clear: to provide immediate and effective relief to the public. Addressing the victims of the Prime Zone Scandal, NAB Lahore DG shared that a corruption reference has already been filed against the accused in the Accountability Court. However, actions are underway to repatriate the main accused back to Pakistan through Interpol. Five other suspects have been arrested and included in the reference. In the Al-Rehman Garden Phase-4 case, NAB DG directed the investigation team to resolve the registration issues of all 77 victims within two weeks deadline and submit a detailed report, accordingly. For the Khayaban-e-Amin Housing Society case, it was revealed that the plots have already been allotted to 550 out of the 700 complainants. NAB Lahore DG instructed the team concerned to resolve the remaining complaints by May 10, 2025.