ISLAMABAD: The Chairman and Member Finance of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) were found to be involved in a bribery scam regarding the issue of licenses to CNG stations, DawnNews reported.

Chairman Tauqeer Sadiq and Member Finance, Kamal Mari, were both involved in receiving perks while issuing licenses. According to information, they received Rs. 3.5 million per license.

DawnNews received credible information and documents which show the account details of Kamal Mari and his wife Sumaira Mari. The money was transferred to a joint account of Mr and Mrs Mari.

The bank statement of the account and the related documents for the CNG licenses show that the Chairman was also involved in the scam.

Mari’s account belonged to NIB Bank in Blue Area of Islamabad with the account number 2949768.

Mari was involved in receiving money from the following CNG stations: Badr CNG in Lahore, Al-Ahmed CNG in Mandi Bahaudin, Gas Point in Faisalabad, Al-Khyber CNG in Faisalabad, Johar City CNG in Lahore, and a few other stations.

According to the documents, Mari received one million rupees from one station.

Kamal Mari is currently going out of Pakistan for holidays after receiving permission from the Prime Minister.