ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: A widow has moved an application to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB chairman, Lt Gen Muneer Hafiz for help in recovery of Rs32,68,012, which had been withdrawn from the account of her deceased husband through a fake power of attorney.

Appellant Zaibun Nisa, widow of Mohammad Yousaf, submitted to the NAB chief that Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) had acquired the property of her husband in Ladayhote village for “OPF Housing Scheme Zone-5” and deposited the said amount with the assistant collector, Islamabad, in the name of her husband.

The widow said after the death of her husband she got the guardian certificate from the court and approached the assistant collector, Islamabad, for withdrawal of the amount.

However, the assistant collector informed her that her husband had withdrawn the money through a power of attorney on September 14, 2002.

She pleaded that her husband had died on December 14, 2000, whereas the fake power of attorney was produced on September 14, 2002 and the money was withdrawn.

The widow alleged that officials at the Sub-registrar Urban, Rawalpindi, and the assistant collector, Islamabad, were involved in the forgery. — PPI