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NAB, FIA Yet To Take Action Against Ios Despite Court Orders
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency and the National Accountability Bureau have yet to come up with compliance reports regarding action initiated against their respective investigating officers, who “deliberately spared and not implicated” a former chief of the federal anti-graft watchdog despite the court’s directives, it emerged on Sunday. The federal anti-graft watchdog had booked the […]
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NAB Files 1,230 References In Various Accountability Courts: Chairman
Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) former Justice Javed Iqbal Sunday said the bureau had filed 1,230 references in various accountability courts, received 43,000 applications in Mudarba/ Musharka scandal and arrested 44 suspects involved in the scam. In a statement, he said owing to efforts of the bureau the looted amount by housing societies had also […]
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Balochistan CM Orders Probe Into Embezzlement Of Funds
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has ordered an inquiry into embezzlement of funds in the Rs100 million project for the construction of a bus and truck stand in Duki district. According to official sources, the chief minister on Friday said the matter should be sent to the Anti-Corruption Establishment for a detailed […]
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FIA Busts Gang Involved In Phone Banking Fraud
LAHORE: FIA has busted a gang involved in defrauding a retired major general by impersonating as employees of a bank. FIA Cyber Crime Circle Rawalpindi has arrested a gang of fraudsters including Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Raza, Abdul Khaliq, Muhammad Muneer and Muhammad Tariq all residents of tehsil Mailsi, Vehari district. The accused with active connivance […]
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FBR Provisionally Attaches Alleged Benami Properties
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday provisionally attached hundreds of millions of rupees’ worth of alleged benami properties on suspicion that the real owners are political persons who have kept the assets in the names of other people. The Benami Transactions Prohibition Zone-I Islamabad has provisionally attached 3,141 kanals of land located […]
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CDA Suspends Four More Officials
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday suspended four more officials of land directorate for their alleged involvement in illegal allotment of 59 plots in D-13. The director land Fareedud Din has already been suspended in the alleged mega scam. Sources said the four officials included deputy director land Taimour Ahmed, assistant director Asghar […]
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Senate Panel Concerned Over Fate Of PMDC’s Employees
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Friday expressed its concerns about the fate of some 220 employees of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council which was dissolved by the federal government through an ordinance earlier in the week. The issue was raised during a meeting of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights which met in […]
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Karkey Rental Power Scam: AC Extends Physical Remand Of PEPCO’s Former MD
An Accountability Court on Friday extended physical remand of former managing director Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) in the multibillion rupees Karkey Rental Power (RPPs) scam. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials produced former managing director PEPCO Rasool Khan Mehsud before Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir on expiry of his physical remand. The NAB officials […]
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President Alvi Backs Action Against Corrupt Taxmen
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has upheld a decision of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) who had recommended action against corrupt taxmen who failed to bust a syndicate involved in smuggling and sale of non-duty-paid vehicles in Pakistan. FTO Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera had taken a suo motu notice in February last year on reports of influx […]
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SSGC Suspends Gas Supply To Four Hospitals In Karachi
KARACHI: Following the launch of a crackdown against government departments and facilities that have been defaulting on their utility bills, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has suspended gas supply to four healthcare facilities, as well as other government departments, in Karachi. The healthcare facilities to which the supply has been suspended include Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, […]
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