Nadra officials sentenced for issuing NICs to Afghans
QUETTA: An accountability court sentenced two assistant directors of the National Database Regulatory Authority (Nadra) to seven-year jail term on Friday for issuing bogus National Identity Cards (NICs) to Afghan refugees.
Judge Rozi Khan Bareech of the Accountability Court Quetta-1 also fined assistant directors Syed Ali Muhammad Agha and Rizwan Aftab Rs4 million each.
The action was taken on a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau, Balochistan. The two had been in custody since June last year.
In case of non-payment of fine, they will have to undergo jail term for another year.
The officials of Nadra’s Quetta office were sentenced under the NAB Ordinance.
Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2015
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