DG NAB-KP hands over Rs2.234mln to Finance dept

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Director General NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan Tuesday handed over  cheque amounting Rs 2.234 million to Deputy  Secretary Finance Deptt Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Abdul Haseeb Khan.

In the first case, during the course of investigation it was revealed that accused persons in league with others, illegally generated 45 fake personnel numbers of  non-existing, fake and ghost employees of Education Department Battagram and drew salaries worth millions of rupees.

The accused persons with the connivance of other accused persons hatched a criminal conspiracy for the alleged embezzlement. The aforesaid mentioned amount has been recovered from some of the accused persons; they accepted their guilt and returned the looted money. It may be mentioned the accused opting for plea bargain is deemed convicted and have lost public office.

In second case, a reference was filed against the accused Ikram Shah, Ex-Executive Engineer C&W Deptt Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for accumulation of assets beyond known source of income. The accountability Court convicted the accused for 7 years rigorous imprisonment along-with fine and forfeiture of his movable/immovable properties.

At the end, Director General NAB-KP Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan requested general public to join hand with NAB (KP) for eradication of corruption from the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.