NAB to continue its campaign against white-collar crimes
ISLAMABAD: Continuing its operations against white-collar crime in Sindh, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) decided on Monday to file a reference against a former provincial secretary for illegally appointing relatives and friends of politicians and other influential people to 30 executive posts in grades 17 and 18.
Chaired by NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, the NAB Executive Board Meeting (EBM) held at the bureau’s headquarters also decided to initiate investigations against two former provincial ministers from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
According to a National Accountability Bureau spokesperson, a reference will be filed against Badar Jamil Mandhro, the former secretary of the Minorities Affairs Department, Sindh, and others. They stand accused of allegedly appointing 30 individuals to the post of deputy director and assistant executive engineer in violation of service rules.
Sources told Dawn that the appointments were made during FY2012-13, while grade 17 appointments were the domain of the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) as officers in this or higher grades could not be appointed directly.
Cases related to illegal appointments in Sindh, corruption in Balochistan Development Authority taken up
They said that a summary for these appointments was sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but he did not extend his approval, rather asked the authorities concerned to meet the necessary formalities for the appointments.
Mr Mandhro was arrested by National Accountability Bureau on June 3, 2015, but has been out on bail since July 9.
Ex-ministers
The National Accountability Bureau meeting also authorised a complaint verification (CV) against former Balochistan Development Authority Minister Haji Mohammad Nawaz Kakar, ex-BDA chairman Saddat Anwar Qambarani, BDA GM (Tendering) Bismillah Kakar and others.
The accused allegedly received kickbacks from BDA contractors, made illegal bank transactions and acquired benami assets in other people’s name.
The National Accountability Bureau spokesman also said that an inquiry would be conducted against officials of the Galiyat Development Authority (GDA), including former minister Sardar Muhammad Idrees and other beneficiaries for corruption in the allotment of GDA plots, which caused a loss of Rs52 million to the national exchequer.
The meeting also decided to authorise an inquiry against owners of Zahid Traders for willful default of Rs282 million, referred by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The second inquiry was re-authorised against officers of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) and Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), owners of the Al-Moiz Sugar Mill in Dera Ismail Khan and others.
In this case, the accused were alleged to have misused their authority and carried out the illegal sale and purchase of electricity.
The EBM also decided to close CV exercises against Ali Madad Jattak, former Balochistan Minister for Food Department.
It also authorised the closure of an inquiry against Khurshid Alam, ex-Inspector General of Police (IGP) Northern Areas.
The meeting also agreed that no further action would be taken in a complaint verification, against the authorities of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University Quetta and others due to lack of incriminating evidence.
In a complaint against the unlawful amalgamation of KASB Bank Limited into Bank Islami Pakistan Ltd, the EBM decided to link the case with an ongoing inquiry at NAB Karachi.
Published in Dawn, September 22nd, 2015
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