PESHAWAR: The regional board of National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Friday gave approval for filing of a corruption reference against a former deputy commissioner of Shangla, tehsil nazim and four other persons arrested last month on the charges of embezzlement of funds meant for rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by floods in Shangla district in 2016.

The meeting was chaired by KP NAB director general Farmanullah Khan and attended by directors, deputy prosecutor general, case officers and other officials.

The meeting also authorised inquiries in different cases of alleged corruption and corrupt practices.

The board approved filing of the reference against former deputy commissioner Dildar Mohammad Danish, Puran tehsil nazim Raja Usman Alai, tehsil municipal officer of Puran Mohammad Mansoor Haider, another tehsil officer Imdadullah, contractor Mohammad Hanif and senior clerk Yousaf Khan.

The NAB alleges that they had embezzled Rs118.9 million allocated for rehabilitation of damaged infrastructure in Shangla.

The board authorized inquiry against some employees of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company regarding corruption and corrupt practices.

It is stated that they were alleged to have misappropriated millions of rupees of a programme for implementation of online system for accounts, billing, electricity data, etc.

Another inquiry was authorised against employees of the Municipal Corporation (Settlement) Department, Peshawar, who had allegedly occupied a property of Auqaf Department and had constructed a plaza on it.

The board ordered an inquiry into allegations of occupation of Evacuee Trust Property Board Land by a private person named Abdul Sattar through a forged permanent transfer orders.

Similarly, an inquiry was authorized against employees of communication and works department and local government department in Lower Dir about alleged corruption and misuse of authority.

The bureau alleges that these employees had executed Rs420 million worth different development schemes in Shahikhel, Timergara, without tendering process in violation of rules.

Moreover, an inquiry was authorized against an official of Fata Irrigation Department, Tank district, Aurangzeb Khan, for accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income.

An inquiry was ordered against some officers of Tribal Electric Supply Company for their alleged role in facilitating five steel factories in Khyber Agency to use direct connection of electricity from grid station at Hayatabad, Peshawar.

The board authorized inquiry against a credit officer of National Bank of Pakistan, main branch Mardan, Shah Nawaz Khan, who had allegedly embezzled millions of rupees from scores of accounts.

Furthermore, an inquiry was authorized against some employees of the Forest Department who had illegally issued transit permits for timber transportation in different areas. Meanwhile, the bureau has initiated an inquiry against owner of Sheikh Yaseen Township, Mardan, Chinar Gul, who in the garb of fake housing societies had allegedly cheated public at large.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2018