NAB drops corruption charges against Amin Fahim, 12 former bureaucrats

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau exonerated on Tuesday PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim and about a dozen former bureaucrats from corruption charges and decided to proceed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA Gulzar Khan over alleged allotment of state land.

According to NAB’s spokesman, a meeting of the executive board presided over by the bureau’s Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, decided not proceed further against former commerce minister Amin Fahim, Rustam Sidhava and others in a case about accumulation of assets beyond their known sources of income because of lack of incriminating evidence.

Also read: Despite being neglected Amin Fahim won’t leave PPP

It may be mentioned that the Supreme Court had in Nov 2013 ordered registration of cases against Mr Fahim and others for their involvement in illegal appointment of National Insurance Company Limited chairman Ayaz Khan Niazi.

Authored by then chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the judgment said the case involved issues of corruption and white-collar crime brought to the notice of the apex court by the Transparency International Pakistan.

Others exonerated because of lack of evidence included former chairman of the Capital Development Authority Kamran Lashari, ex-accountant manager of BCCI, London, Shahbuddin Saddi, director general of Balochistan livestock department Dr Mohammad Azam Kasi and general manager (technical) of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company Muhammad Akhtar.

The NAB board reauthorised two inquiries, one against PTI legislator Gulzar Khan and the other against former director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan, Lahore, Suheyl Umar.

Gulzar Khan, who had served as senior member of the Board of Revenue, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is accused of illegally allotting 6,000 kanals of state land in Dera Ismail Khan on lease, causing a loss of about Rs55.35 million to the exchequer.

Suheyl Umar was allegedly involved in corruption, corrupt practices and misuse of authority.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2015

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Omran

Apr 29, 2015 06:42am

Why the cases are dropped? on what basis? new NRO??

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Syed

Apr 29, 2015 07:17am

NAB, was actually formed to drop the charges for all the saintly politicians. Its is rightly doing its job. Well done NAB.

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Muhammad

Apr 29, 2015 08:11am

Expected. nothing new. This so called "democracy"only serves the interests of corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. Hopeless situation. Don't know what to say

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Ahmad

Apr 29, 2015 09:05am

Why do they even do these investigations? They should just provide politicians with their rate plans for getting out of these corruption charges and not waste valuable time that they can be spending on vacations with their families...

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Asim Munir

Apr 29, 2015 09:11am

For this reason everyone in Pakistan feels free to do corruption.

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saleem ullah

Apr 29, 2015 09:13am

this means all the allegations against NAB are true...

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proud-winner

Apr 29, 2015 09:28am

And corruption wins.

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Ahmad

Apr 29, 2015 09:51am

So sad! NAB has no criteria but the political pressure. We do not believe in NAB and its effort any longer.

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aslam shaikh

Apr 29, 2015 09:54am

A mini NRO

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Hansi

Apr 29, 2015 10:08am

Interesting. Better to wind up NAB to save public money. Seems it is there just to harass smaller corrupt and protect the big fish.

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Sam

Apr 29, 2015 10:08am

Good job!! Never produce any evidence in any important matter. Keep up the great work. You make the country pound. Entire country is either run by mafias.

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Apr 29, 2015 10:21am

whether they are corrupt or not only competent court can decide. But in the meantime, the society has already declared them corrupt with or without appropriate evidence.

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Hatim

Apr 29, 2015 10:24am

This confirms Imran Khan's stand that the NAB has been made to wash away PPP and PML corruption while using it for political victimization of PTI. Shameful.

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public

Apr 29, 2015 10:53am

This is typical Nawaz stab in the back to PPP Z. Chairman NAB seems to ignore the fact that Govts change too. He is providing sufficient material to his adversaries.Lack of incriminating evidence he says. But Amin Fahim admitted he did not know who put a few crore ruppees in his account. Where is that money and who investigated?

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Naseer

Apr 29, 2015 11:23am

Is there any organisation which do the check and balance on NAB. Why we Pakistanis have to pay NAB salaries from Tax payers when its of no use and currupt

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Aziz

Apr 29, 2015 11:46am

NAB is simply a mechanism to sanctify and glorify corruption. It is corruption behind the corruption. It is a charade.

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Saleem Khan

Apr 29, 2015 12:38pm

@Ahmad Yep - And past NAB officer killings should be investigated. Are these the culprits who are now roaming free?

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Norozkhan

Apr 29, 2015 12:53pm

so we kept the tradition, politicians will never be punished for corruption in Pakistan.

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Saintly

Apr 29, 2015 01:49pm

All politicians and senior bureaucrats should be declared above the NAB or any other investigations.

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Khurram

Apr 29, 2015 03:14pm

We blame politicians only, have we ever stopped to think that politicians are from among us. Since we are corrupt to the highest point, so are our politician brothers. Look at the way of people driving cars bikes and you shall know what kind of animals live in this country.

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sal jiwani

Apr 29, 2015 03:43pm

Why NAB are dropping the charges for Corrupt Politicians to show all of the do more corruption and damaged the country as well. Everyone is Accountable for their Corruption. Please Sir, see the country (Pakistan) matter first, if Pakistan is their, you are on Seat to decide, in my opinion a Crime is Crime, Its too little of Big.

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khanm

Apr 29, 2015 05:34pm

no wonder why we are in this sorry state of affairs....The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability and we have none...

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Khan

Apr 29, 2015 06:37pm

NAB found money from him and no evidence. What a joke!

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Nadeem

Apr 30, 2015 01:23am

This proves the credibility of NAB, I won't speak more than this. I have my comments reserved. Only the helpless and poor are subjected to NAB, FIA inquiries in this country. I do not believe in the accountability of this country at all.

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Nadeem

Apr 30, 2015 09:54pm

Partial justice is worse than no justice at all. NAB is too strict against those with no connections, at the same time, too meek towards the political bosses of Pakistan. This is hypocrisy at its peak! I pity and laugh at such an accountability.

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