Ex-MNA among 14 booked by KP Ehtesab Commission

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Ex-MNA of PML-N Sardar Mushtaq alongwith 14 others are booked in a Reference filed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on the charges of corruption and corrupt practices involving more than Rs 130 million in the acquisition of land for Worker Welfare Board (WWB) for the construction of Labour Complex Haripur.

It is worth mentioning here that the case was once investigated by the NAB authorities but due to conspiracies of the accused requisite evidence was not received to them resultantly the matter was closed by NAB.

Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission taking cognizance of alleged huge embezzlement by the public office holders of Revenue Department and WWB in active connivance of the Private Land Owners caused huge loss of over Rs 130 million to nation kitty.

All the accused while in league with one another have changed the status of the land by tampering the revenue record on the basis of which the land owners have claimed higher amount on exorbitant rates.

Public office holders were found involved in the commission of offence by illegal determination of the price of the land with the active connivance of the land owners who have illegally enhanced the price of the acquired land in order to benefit the private land owners (co-accused).

According to investigation conducted by KPEC different modus operandies were adopted to fulfill their plan of determination of price of land on exorbitant rates. For this purpose the revenue record was either replaced, torn or altered and in some other cases it was tempered, concealed or removed.

Ex-Chaiman Worker Welfare Board Tariq Awan, Ex DOR Haripur Latif-ur-Rehman, Ex-Tehsildar Haider Zaman and Ex- Patwari, Amjid Shehzad and others while hand in gloves with one another have dishonestly and fraudulently allowed the private persons to gain benefit which could have been prevented by lawful exercise of authority.

All the accused aiding, assisting, abetting and conspiring with each another have caused a total loss of over Rs 130 million to the government exchequer.