NAB hands over cheques to departments

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau, Lahore, on Thursday handed over two cheques amounting to Rs 7.11 million to the officials of different departments.

The NAB had recovered Rs 6.3 million from the persons involved in making bogus files of plots of Mustafa Town, Lahore. During investigation, the files of around eight plots were detected as bogus where bogus exemptions had been granted by Lahore Development Authority (LDA) officials. Moreover, bogus exemption files were prepared and dated back over which all fees were deducted to make the files seem genuine.

Later, NAB Lahore arrested six officials of LDA who finally opted for plea bargain. The recovery of whole amount of money worth millions of rupees is underway. On Thursday, a NAB official handed over Rs 63,56,000 cheque to an LDA official. Another cheque for Rs 7,55,000 was handed over to a representative of secretary, Communication and Works Department.

The amount was recovered from former land acquisition collector, Punjab Highway Department. NAB Lahore Director General Shahzad Saleem said the Bureau was strictly committed to enforcing the “Accountability for All” policy.