RAWALPINDI:
In a mega financial scandal involving the alleged transfer of over Rs 2 billion through CDRs from the official accounts of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) and security deposits of contractors, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has tightened its noose around 48 people, including the current Director General of the RDA, eight former DGs and other senior officials.
According to the letters released by the NAB, details of the assets were sought from the directors general of several development authorities, including CDA Islamabad, Gwadar, Lahore, Karachi, Malir, Peshawar, Quetta and RDA.
Those asked to provide details include current RDA Director General Kanza Murtaza, former Director Generals Amira Khan, Chaudhry Maqbool Ahmed Dhawla, late Abdul Sattar Isani, Nadeem Ahmed Abro, Gulzar Hussain Shah, Captain Tahir Zafar Abbasi and Saif Anwar Jappa, as well as former Director General Administration and Finance Shahid Marath, Amir Sohail Kaifi, Khalid Javed Goraya, Malik Ghazanfar Ali, Saba. Gul and Asif Mahmood Janjua.
Others named include Babar Yaqoob Khan, Robina Shaheen, Adnan Shahzad, Shabbir Hussain, Yasir Mahmood, Khawaja Arshad Javed, Raja Nauman Mahmood, Muhammad Imran Khan, Hashim Sher Raja, Atif Mahmood, Muhammad Hasnain Yousaf, Shamim Akhtar, Muhammad Saqib, Fazal Naeem, Raqia Naeem, Muhammad Huzaila, Samra. Yasin, Rashid Rizwan, Shahida Parveen, Saniya Majeed, Sagheer Hussain, Wasim Qaiser, Nazia, Muhammad Afzal, Hamad Jamal, Raja Arsalan, Ehtesham Ali Qureshi, late Muhammad, Junaid Taj, Muhammad Taj, Mubeen Taj and Ehtesham Taj.
The NAB has ordered that the details of the assets be submitted to NAB Deputy Director Rawalpindi-Islamabad Hamza Iqbal. This information was sought under section 19 of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999, as part of an ongoing investigation into the RDA financial scandal and the alleged misappropriation of contractors’ security deposits.
Official residence sealed
On the other hand, the official residence of late Junaid Taj Bhatti, Director General of Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA), Sialkot, and former Deputy Director of Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), who allegedly committed suicide in his office, was officially vacated on Thursday at Civil Lines, Rawalpindi.
Under the surveillance of an investigating agency, the government house (37-A) was sealed a day earlier. The deceased officer’s personal effects were removed from the scene and transferred to another location. Although the late officer’s widow formally requested the Director General of the RDA to continue to reside in the official accommodation, residence was instead allocated to another RDA officer.
It is pertinent to note that during the late officer’s tenure in the RDA, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) conducted an investigation into the alleged transfer of funds exceeding Rs 2 billion from an official government account to other accounts through CDRs.
