Nab arrests43 in modarba scam, 568.82m
Aslam Shah
NAB arrests 43 in Modarba scam, recovers Rs 568.82m
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested 43 people in multi-billion Modarba scam and recovered Rs 568.82 million from the accused.
NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, who chaired a meeting held here on Friday, was informed about the progress in the investigations of the scam and recovery made so far.
Those apprehended include Ghulam Rasool Ayubi, Hussain Ahmed, M Khalid, Muhammad Nauman Qureshi, Adil Butt, M Ejaz, Muhammad Irfan, Hamid Nawaz, Mufti Shabbir Usmani, Sajjad Ahmed, Salahud Din, Khan Muhammad, Muhammad Ihsan, Hanif Khan, Mufti M Ehsanul Haq, Muhammad Ibrarul Haq, Obaid Ullah, Hafiz Muhammad Nawaz, Wajid Ali, Hafiz Mukhtiar Khan, Muhammad Osama Abbasi, Umair Ahmed, Muhammad Bilal Afridi, Ibrahim Al Shoraim, M Aqeel Abbasi, M Osama Qureshi, Saifullah, Nazir Ahmed, Muhammad Idrees, Abdul Malik, Irshadullah Jan, Fazal Subhan, Asif Javed alias Molvi Ibrahim, Rashid Minhas, Mufti Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Wali, Shamsur Rehman, Muhammad Yasir, Hussain Ahmed Deshani, Matiur Rehman, Mufti Saqib, Ejaz Anwar and Bilal Khan Bangash, said Rawalpindi NAB director general.
The meeting was informed that there were 29 cases in Modaraba scam including one inquiry against Elixir Group assistant director Akbar Khan, and 28 references filed in respective accountability courts.
The references include state Vs Mufti M Ehsan Ul Haq, CE M/s Fayazi Gujranwala, State Vs Asif Javed and others, State Vs Matiur Rehman, State Vs Saifur Rehman and others, State Vs Muhammad Bilal and others, State Vs Rashid Minhas and others, State Vs Imran Abbasi and others, State Vs Irfan Haider Awan and others, State Vs Mufti Saqib and others, State Vs Obaidullah Mubarik, State Vs Shamsur Rehman and others, State Vs Muhammad Yasir and others, State Vs Bilal Khan Bangash and others, State Vs Amirur Rehman and others, State Vs Abdul Malik, State Vs Mufti M Riaz Khan, son of Hadayat Ullah (Modarba Scam), and others, State Vs Muhammad Nazir, son of Saleem Akhtar (Islamic Invest), and others, Ghulam Rasool Ayubi and others (Mezban Trading Company), Muhammad Abdullah of N E Associates, Muhammad Irfan and others (M/s Bolan City), Molana Abdullah (Islamic Traders Pvt Ltd), Mufti Shabbir Usmani Al-Wasey Group, Taxila, Malik Haroon Tabraiz and Malik Mansoor (Al Shamim Enterprises), Khurshid Ahmed CEO, Marwa Group of Companies Kamra Cantt and Marwa Associates Pvt Ltd, Salahud din, son of Ajaib (MSD Trading), Abdullah, son of Khan Muhammad, and others, State Vs Muhammad Ihsan, son of Abdul Rehman, and Hanif Khan, son of Zaboor Khan (Al-Makkah Traders).
He said that that a list of 71 victims in State Vs Mufti Ehsanul Haq and others (Complaints against accused Aqeel Abbasi) case, and a list of 33 victims in Sate Vs Mufti Muhammad Saqib case is under approval stage for payment to the victims of the above said two scams.
Speaking on the occasion, the NAB chairman said that the bureau has chalked out a comprehensive National Anti-Corruption Strategy and adopted zero tolerance policy to curb corruption and corrupt practices.
During the last 16 year, he said, the NAB received about 309,000 complaints from individuals and private/public organisations.
During this period, NAB completed about 6,300 inquiries; out of which 56 percent of these inquiries matured into formal investigation and more than 80 percent investigations were taken into the stage of prosecution in the courts of law.
“Out of 1,762 decided cases, we achieved conviction in 889 cases.” He said that NAB’s prime focus is on cases of cheating public at large by fraudulent financial companies, bank frauds, willful bank loan defaults, misuse of authority and embezzlement of state funds by government servants, etc.
Since NAB’s inception, one of its major achievements has been recovery of around Rs 276 billion of ill-gotten money which was deposited in national exchequer.
The chairman said that the NAB had developed an effective monitoring and evaluation system catering having salient features of maintenance of data at each stage including complaint entry, complaint verification, inquiry, investigation, prosecution stage and record preservation of regional board meetings and ability to analyse data in qualitative and quantitative form having warnings and alarms system for violators.
He said timelines had been prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious disposal of case putting a maximum limit of 10 months from complaint verification-to-inquiry-to investigation and finally to a reference in an accountability court.
He said that the NAB had established its first forensic science lab in Rawalpindi/Islamabad regional bureau, which has facilities of digital forensics, questioned documents and fingerprint analysis.
The NAB, he said, intended to establish an anti-corruption academy for capacity building of its officers and officials.
The chairman expressed the hope that joint efforts of all stakeholders including cavity society, media and people at large could collaborate to check corruption and corrupt practices and bring sustainable systematic changes to governance structure of the country.