NAB concludes 63 mega corruption cases

By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal Wednesday said that some 63 mega corruption cases have been brought to logical conclusion from out of a total of 179 such cases, as anti corruption strategy had started yielding results.
Chairing a meeting, he said some 95 mega corruption cases are under trial in various Accountability Courts. The meeting was informed that logical conclusion of mega corruption cases is among the priority of NAB, mega corruption are not being kept in files.
The meeting was informed that Rs 4.364 billion fine had been imposed on corrupt elements in 12 mega corruption cases; various accused including Abdul Qadir Tawakal and others had been fined Rs 613 million; Ishtiaq Hussain; messers Bariq Syndicate, Rawalpindi and others were fined Rs 200m, management of Pakistan Medical Cooperative Housing Society and land suppliers Rs 70m; Haris Afzal son of Sher Muhammad and others Rs 1 billion; Seth Nisar Ahmed and others Rs 179.069m; Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, chief Executive/Director Haris Steel Industry, private limited and others Rs 331m; Raza Habib, Chief Executive officer, Mrs Shumaila, Messers Jannat Apparal, private limited Faisalabad Rs174m; Sheikh Muhammad Afzal Rs. 435m; management of Galaxy City Rawalpindi and others Rs 213m; Ayaz Khan Niazi, former chairman NICL and others Rs 900m; Syed Murid Kazim, former Provincial Minister for Revenue, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Ahsanullah; former Senior Member Board of Revenue and others Rs 200m; Saeed Akhtar, Pakistan Railways and others Rs 3.78 million US dollars.