QUETTA: An accountability court sentenced two assistant directors of the National Database Regulatory Autho­rity (Nadra) to seven-year jail term on Friday for issuing bogus National Identity Cards (NICs) to Afghan refugees.

Judge Rozi Khan Bareech of the Accountability Court Quetta-1 also fined assistant directors Syed Ali Muham­mad Agha and Rizwan Aftab Rs4 million each.

The action was taken on a reference filed by the National Accountability Bur­eau, Balochistan. The two had been in custody since June last year.

In case of non-payment of fine, they will have to under­go jail term for another year.

The officials of Nadra’s Quetta office were sentenced under the NAB Ordinance.

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2015

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