NAB recommends supplementary reference against Double Shah, others

PESHAWAR: The regional Board Meeting (RBM) of National Accountability Bureau Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday recommended filing supplementary reference in accountability courts against Afzal Khaliq alias Double Shah and others for corruption and corrupt practices and cheating public at large.

Brig (Retd) Farooq Naser Awan, Director General, NAB KP, presided over the meeting, which was attended by directors, additional directors, case officers, senior legal consultants and other concerned officers. Several important decisions were taken at the meeting, said a press release.

The board recommended filing supplementary reference worth Rs4.48 billion against Afzal Khaliq alias Double Shah and others for corruption and corrupt practices and cheating public at large.

The case is already under trial in the Accountability Court and additional claims of Rs. 4.48billion received by 876 affectees in the instant case.

The board also recommended filing reference in accountability courts against Arshad Pervez and Nadeem Pervez of Sky Pharmacy Peshawar for corruption and corrupt practices and cheating public at large.

The accused person lured general public to invest their hard earned money in their fake Muddaraba/ Medicine Business on the promise that they would be paid huge profit on their investment.

Another reference was approved against administration of Al-Hamra Builders, Mardan. The administration of Al-Hamra Builders Mardan posed itself as an Islamic Muddaraba Company and asked the general public for investment.

Besides these, the board recommended conversion of inquiry into investigation against Sher Alam (private person) and others for illegal transfer of government land at Malam Jabba, Swat.

During the inquiry, it was revealed that Sher Alam in connivance with other accused persons fraudulently transferred 1,263 Kanals of land at Malam Jabba, Swat in his name through fake documents.

The board also recommended conversion of inquiry into investigation against administration of Al-Haram Model Town, Peshawar.

During the inquiry it was revealed that the administration of Al-Haram Model Town was not providing basic facilities to the residents in violation of rules and regulations of private housing scheme.