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Pakistan: Thousands of bank accounts compromised, money stolen due to hacking
Officials of cybercrime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said they launched a probe after complaints by several individuals. Pakistani authorities have said that bank accounts of thousands of individuals have been compromised and money stolen as a result of a massive hack last month. Officials of cybercrime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency […]
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NAB distributes Rs 169.69m among victims of Double Shah scam
Lahore: Lahore National Accountability Bureau (NAB) director general (DG) Shahzad Saleem distributed Rs169.68 million (m) among 1474 affectees of the ‘Double Shah’ scam. According to the details, the recovered amount was distributed during a ceremony held at NAB Complex in Thokar Niaz Beg. It was third phase of the distribution of recovered money among affectees […]
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NAB files reference against management of Commerce Ministry Housing Society
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Rawalpindi on Monday has filed a reference against the management of Ministry of Commerce Employees Cooperative Housing Society and others. The accused namely President Ministry of Commerce Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Rana Ghulam Farid, Ex-Vice President Syed Amir Hussain Shah, General Secretary Mazhar Hussain, former executive members Muhammad Akram Awan, Muhammad […]
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Six officers suspended in CDNS fraud case
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday suspended the services of six officers of Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) for misplacement of record and loss to public funds at a Lahore branch. A notification said the six officers were ‘directly or indirectly involved in the said scam’ and had been suspended on completion of an investigation […]
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30 fake accounts unearthed in KP: FIA
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has unearthed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 30 benami accounts from which transactions worth billions of rupees have been made. FIA’s KP Director Mir Wais Khan told Dawn that most of the benami accounts were traced in the far-off areas of the province like Swat and Besham. “We have recently completed […]
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CDA fails to recover Rs16.2m embezzled by its officers
ISLAMABAD: The top officers of Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Environment and Parks Directorate, accused of embezzlement of Rs16.2 million in parking fees of Lake View Park, were tried and punished by courts but the civic agency has not only failed to take proper action against them but has also failed to retrieve the money embezzled […]
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PPDC official admits embezzling Rs500m
LAHORE: Former chief financial officer of Punjab Power Development Company (PPDC) Ikram Naveed has confessed to embezzling Rs500 million in three different government companies and departments, The News has learnt. He is stated to be the right-hand man of Imran Ali, the son-in-law of opposition leader in National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif. It has learnt that […]
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Eradication of corruption top priority of NAB
ISLAMABAD: Eradication of corruption and recovery of looted money from the corrupt is the top most priority of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and it has recovered about Rs 2,580 million from corrupt elements during one year. NAB has only not chalked out proactive anti-corruption strategy by adopting “Accountability for All” policy but also during the […]
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Three held for ‘corruption’
PAKPATTAN: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Saturday arrested three accused for corruption. TheAnti-Corruption Establishment arrested accused Khalid, Arshad and UC 44 secretary Liaqat for tampering with documents of Ghulam Rasool. Further investigtion is under way. MURDER OF SAMIUL HAQ CONDEMNED: PML-N MNA Mian Ahmad Raza Khan Manika has condemned the murder of JUI chief Maulana Samiul […]
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Arrest warrants issued in PSO corruption case
An accountability court on Saturday issued warrants of arrest for suspects in the Rs23 billion corruption case related to the Pakistan State Oil (PSO). The court issued the order on the references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former managing director of PSO Naeem Mir, former general manager of PSO Syed Nazeer Ahmed […]
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