NAB arrests two officials for graft

LAHORE

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore Tuesday arrested two officials for having assets beyond their sources of income.

According to a NAB spokesman, Lesco Manager Mian Afzal was arrested on the allegations of having assets beyond sources of income.

In pursuance of a source report against Mian Muhammad Afzal, Lesco Manager, NAB authorised a verification of the report against the accused which turned into inquiry in August 2016.  The spokesman said, evidences collected so far revealed his active involvement in corruption and accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income. It was disclosed that the accused owns several plots in different societies in his own and other family members’ names and also holds bank balances of Rs130 million, approximately, he added. Keeping in view all the allegations and available evidences of corruption against Mian Afzal, NAB Lahore provided a chance for justification of the allegations against him which the accused failed to defend. According to the spokesman, NAB Lahore arrested Mian Afzal from Lahore and an accountability court has granted his physical remand until May 3.

In another raid, NAB Lahore arrested an official of Deputy Commissioner Office, Mianwali on charges of having assets beyond his known sources.

Complaint verification against accused Muhammad Akram was initiated in late 2015 by NAB Lahore on a complaint filed by a whistle blower in which numerous assets of the accused worth millions disclosed like his bank balances worth Rs8 million and other benami assets, which he completely failed to justify.

According to a NAB spokesman, accused Muhammad Akram remained under investigation of ACE years back. He is blamed for being involved in issuance of fake weapon licences since long by taking bribe, he added. The spokesman told that the accused will be produced before Accountability Court for acquiring his physical remand. According to NAB spokesman, under the directions of new DG NAB Lahore Shahzad Saleem, the Bureau is strictly following zero-tolerance policy against the corrupt.

hundi: FIA  Tuesday raided a shop at Pakistan Stock Exchange Lahore and arrested an accused for running illegal hundi, hawala business.

According to FIA, accused Akhlaq Ahmad was involved in illegal business of currency exchange, hundi/hawala without permission of the State Bank of Pakistan. Over Rs1381,800, Rs.64,750 prize bonds, 500 UK Pound (Sterling),  50 Qatari Rayal, 1500 Saudi Rayal, stamps, CPU, cheque books, ledgers, sale purchase registers and receipts.