ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will again face the Supreme Court on Wednesday to update it about progress in the investigation relating to mega corruption cases.

NAB sources told Dawn on Tuesday that since NAB chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry had gone abroad, no meeting of its Executive Board had been held. The board’s meeting decides the fate of all cases.

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A commission formed by the Supreme Court to oversee NAB’s performance on mega corruption cases will present its report to the Supreme Court.

The commission comprised officials of the Attorney General Office (AGO).

Usually the board holds its meeting every week. The last meeting was held on Aug 7 and since then no meeting has taken place because of the chairman’s absence. The chairman is likely to return to the country by Sept 12.

The bureau’s spokesman, Nawazish Ali Asim, claimed that the chairman had left the country for an official one-week visit to Vienna, Austria.

On July 1, the Supreme Court had grilled the NAB chief for not investigating mega scandals, but using the institution’s resources and energy on petty cases. The Supreme Court had directed NAB to submit details of 150 mega scams and a case related to privatisation of the Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) within a week.

NAB SUMMONS HOUSING DEVELOPERS: Meanwhile, NAB issued notices to owners/management of the Eden Housing, Lahore, and a complainant to appear at the NAB headquarters on Sept 7 to record their statements on alleged irregularities in the housing project.

The case of Eden Housing is among 150 mega corruption cases whose list was provided to the Supreme Court by NAB on July 6.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2015

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