LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered Rs2 billion in a corruption scandal involving officials of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Sheikhupura.

NAB Lahore Director General (DG) Ghulam Safdar Shah handed over the first installment of the recovered amount to additional secretary of finance Khalid Mahmood at NAB office on Friday.

NAB launched inquiry proceedings into the scam in September 2024 pertaining to the issuance of bogus cheques worth Rs5bn by the officials of the Public Health Engineering and District Accounts Office, Sheikhupura. During the inquiry proceedings, some of the accused persons confessed to their crimes and entered into plea bargain of Rs2bn.

The OB was duly approved by the accountability court, Lahore. Following court approval, the NAB recovered the amount and deposited to the national treasury.

Published in Dawn, June 21th, 2025