QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau’s Balochistan branch has filed a reference against three former officials and an incumbent employee of the Quetta Development Authority (QDA) in an accountability court.

They have been accused of embezzling Rs417.054 million by creating 2,176 additional plots in the Hazarganji Commercial Complex and allotting them to people of their choice.

The QDA was assigned the task of establishing the Hazarganji Commercial Complex for which 500 acres of land were handed over to it by the Board of Revenue.

As per the master plan, a spokesman said, the complex was to have 964 plots. But the accused officials fraudulently created 2,176 more plots in the areas earmarked for amenity plots, mosques, parking bays and a waiting hall and by reducing the area allocated to shops. —Staff Correspondent

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Editorial

Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...
Dangerous law
Updated 17 May, 2024

Dangerous law

It must remember that the same law can be weaponised against it one day, just as Peca was when the PTI took power.
Uncalled for pressure
17 May, 2024

Uncalled for pressure

THE recent press conferences by Senators Faisal Vawda and Talal Chaudhry, where they demanded evidence from judges...
KP tussle
17 May, 2024

KP tussle

THE growing war of words between KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi is affecting...