Chairman NAB Appreciates Excellent performance of NAB Karachi - Press Note issued by National Accountability Bureau.

Islamabad -- June 02, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press note issued by National Accountability Bureau (NAB)

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Honourable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review the performance of NAB-Karachi especially convictions made under Section 10 of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO)-1999 and under Section 25 (B) of NAO-1999 during the year 2017 to 2021 at NAB Headquarter. Hussain Asghar, Deputy Chairman NAB, Syed Asghar Haider, Prosecutor General Accountability (PGA), Zahir Shah, DG Operations and other senior officers of NAB attended the meeting.

Dr. Najaf Quli Mirza, DG NAB-Karachi attended the meeting via video link. Honourable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB appreciated the excellent performance of NAB Karachi under the supervision of Dr. Najaf Quli Mirza, DG NAB-Karachi. During the meeting, Dr. Najaf Quli Mirza, DG NAB-Karachi informed that during the 1stQuarter of 2021, 53 persons were convicted by different learned Accountability Courts of Karachi under section 10 of NAO-1999. The details of the 53 convicted persons under section 10 of NAO-1999 are as under:

1. State Vs Syed Muhammad Furqan and Others (Supplementary Reference filed on 03.04.13) (SECP).Accused Syed Muhammad Furqan S/o Syed Nisar Hussain, Rasheed Ahmed S/o Fareed Ahmed, Muhammad Saleem Yousuf S/o Muhammad Yousuf and Aftab Hassan S/o Shamsul Hassan were convicted by the Accountability Court on 30.03.2021 with a fine of Rs. 2400 million.

2. State V/s Shafiq Ahmed Khan and Others. Accused Shafique Ahmed Khan S/o Muhammad Rafique, Barkat Ali Qureshi S/o Muhammad Ayub and Mst Kausar Shah D/o Jurial Shah were convicted by the Accountability Court on 13.02.2021 with a fine of Rs. 136.13 million.

3. The State V/s Nisar Ahmed Jan Memon (Nisar Morai) and Others. Accused Nisar Ahmed Jan Memon (Nisar Morai) S/o Muhammad Bachal Memon, Sultan Qamar Siddiqui S/o Qamar Ul Hassan Siddiqui, Haji Wali Muhammad S/o Haji Yousuf, Imran Afzal S/o Afzal Hussain, Shaukat Hussain S/o Mustafa and Abdul Mannan S/o Sharif-ul-Muzaffar were convicted by the Accountability Court on 20.02.2021 with a fine of Rs. 60 million.

4. State Vs Muhammad Anwar Baloch and Others. Accused Muhammad Suhail Shaikh S/o Abdul Ghani, Muhammad Waqas S/o Abdul Ghani, Muhammad Anwar Baloch S/o Muhammad Ismail Buledi, Irsahd Ali Jessar S/o Muhammad Hussain, Nasrullah Anwar S/o Muhammad Anwar Baloch and Muhammad Arsalan Shaikh S/o Abdul Ghani were convicted by the Accountability Court on 01.03.2021 with a fine of Rs. 25 million.

5. State Vs Imran Ghani (Owner/ Proprietor of M/s Usman Textile Mill) and Others. Accused Imran Ghani S/o Usman Ghani, Syed Naeem Akhtar S/o Syed Tehzeeb Akhtar and Iqbal Shafique S/o Shafiquddin Khan were convicted by the Accountability Court on 13.03.2021 with a fine of Rs. 48.32 million.

6. State Vs Barkat Ali Junejo and Others (Sindh University Employees Cooperative Housing Society (SUECHS) Jamshoro). Accused Barkat Ali Junejo S/o Ibrahim Junejo, Asghar Abbas Sheikh, Imran Mehdi Memon, Nazar Muhammad Junejo S/o Abdul Latif Junejo, Haider Ali S/o Ghulam Muhammad, Mir Shah Muhammad S/o Mir Ghulam Akbar, Abdul Raheem Baloch S/o Ghulam Muhammad, Mohib Ali Abro S/o Rustam Ali Abro, Alla Dino S/o Muhammad Ismail, Ghulam Muhammad Dal S/o Nabi Bux, Ali Anwar S/o Abdullah Sehar, Muhammad Khan S/o Nabi Bux Tagar, Liaquat Ali S/o Muhammad Yaqoob, Abdul Lateef Junejo S/o Nazar Muhammad Junejo, Faryad Hussain S/o Muhammad Bashir, Hayat Muhammad S/o Nazar Muhammad Junejo and Ayaz Hussain Laghari S/o Ghulam Qadir Laghari were convicted by the Accountability Court on 27.01.2021 with a fine of Rs. 8.59 million.

7. State Vs Matloob Ahmed and Others, (Hyderabad Railway Cooperative Housing Society).Accused Matloob Ahmed Khan S/o Mehmood Khan was convicted by the Accountability Court on 30.01.2021 with a fine of Rs. 5 million.

8. The State V/s Wazir Ali and Other. Accused Wali Dad Khoso S/o Khano Khoso and Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi S/o Muhammad Dawood were convicted by the Accountability Court on 16.02.2021 with a fine of Rs. 4 million.

9. State Vs Noor Muhammad (Owner/ Proprietor of M/s Noor Textile Mills) and Others. Accused Noor Muhammad S/o Muhammad Anwar, Iqbal Shafique S/o Shafiquddin Khan and Syed Naeem Akhtar S/o Syed Tehzeeb Akhtar were convicted by the Accountability Court on 12.03.2021 with a fine of Rs. 24.50 million.

10. State Vs Fareed Ahmed Yousfani and Others, (Lines Area Redevelopment Project).Accused Fareed Ahmed Yousufani, Tahir Jameel Durrani, Fareed Nasim S/o Nasimuddin, Atta Abbas Zaidi S/o Syed Kaleem, Waseem Iqbal S/o Sh. Nooruddin and Shahid Umer S/o Ch. Umerdin was convicted by the Accountability Court on 08.04.2021 with a fine of Rs. 30 million.

    DG NAB-Karachi also informed the meeting that during the year 2020, due to the efforts of NAB-Karachi, 24 persons were convicted by different Accountability Courts under section 10 of NAO-1999. The details of the 24 convicted persons under section 10 of NAO-1999 are as under:

1. State VS Rizwan Ahmed Khan and Others. Accused Rizwan Ahmed Khan S/o Abdul Rauf Khan and Nayyer Nadeem Khan S/o Abdul Rauf Khan were convicted by the Accountability Court on 27.02.2020 with a fine of Rs. 19.98 million.

2. State Vs Muhammad Jameel and Others. Accused Muhammad Jameel S/o Abul Hassan, Muhammad Yameen S/o Muhammad Khauwaja, Abdul Ghaffar S/o Haji Raheem Bux, Muhammad Akram S/o Muhammad Sadiq, Amanullah S/o Muhammad Ibrahim and Abrar Ahmed S/o Ahmed Khan were convicted by the Accountability Court on 09.07.2020 with a fine of Rs. 3 million.

3. State Vs Anwar Ali S/o Rajab Ali Rind. Accused Anwar Ali S/o Rajab Ali Rind was convicted by the Accountability Court on 29.09.2020 with a fine of Rs. 0.60 million.

4. The State V/s Jalil Ahmed Lashari and Others. Accused Jalil Ahmed Lashari S/o Haji Ahmed, Mst Kamla W/o Bherumal Dhanani, Kewal Ram S/o Vankidas and Abdul Azeem Khan S/o Asmatyar Khan were convicted by the Accountability Court on 09.09.2020.

5. The State V/s Aftab Ahmed Memon and Others. Accused Muhammad Salik Nukrich S/o Qazi Ahmed, Abdul Aziz S/o Alam Khan, Shahid Raza Shah S/o Syed Israr Hussain Shah, Wahid Bux S/o Ilyas Jokhio, Zaman S/o Muhammad Azim Jokhio, Lal Muhammad S/o Haji Adam Jokhio and Muhammad Fazal Hussain S/o Illyas Jokhio were convicted by the Accountability Court on 26.10.2020 with a fine of Rs. 35 million.

6. The State V/s Ghulam Abbas Soomro and Others. Accused Wajid Ali Jatoi S/o Hakeem Muhammad Gulab was convicted by the Accountability Court on 10.11.2020 with a fine of Rs. 30 million.

7. State Vs Muhammad Nawaz Ansari. Accused Qamaruddin, Ali Muhammad Unar and Abdul Khaliq were convicted by the Accountability Court on 11.11.2020 with a fine of Rs. 3 million.

   DG NAB-Karachi also informed the meeting that during the year 2019, due to the efforts of NAB-Karachi 57 persons were convicted by different Accountability Courts under section 10 of NAO-1999. The details of the 57 convicted persons under section 10 of NAO-1999 are as under:

1. State Vs Shaikh Muhammad Asghar and Others. Accused Shaikh Muhammad Asghar S/o Muhammad Akbar and Nazir Ahmed Touni S/o Abdul Majeed were convicted by the Accountability Court on 16.01.2019 with a fine of Rs. 25 million.

2. The State V/s Muhammad Rafi and Others, (FIR No. 1/2009) (Transfer Case from the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption (Provincial) Karachi on 3.2.2017). Accused Muhammad Rafi S/o Muhammad Shafi and Faisal S/o Muhammad Usman were convicted by the Accountability Court on 23.01.2019.

3. State Vs Aziz-ur-Rehman and Others. Accused Muhammad Ismail Abro S/o Allah Dino Abro, Rana Akhtar Ali S/o Rana Khairuddin, Kamran Ali S/o Naimat Ali, Qurban Ali S/o Nawab Ali and Chetan S/o Bekho were convicted by the Accountability Court on 30.01.2019 with a fine of Rs. 2.50 million.

4. The State V/s Muhammad Arshad Latif and Others. Accused Mohammad Arshad Latif S/o Mirza Abdul Latif and Qamar Mahmood Khan S/o Allah Ditta were convicted by the Accountability Court on 26.02.2019 with a fine of Rs. 139.98 million.

5. State Vs Atif Iqbal and Others, (Owner of M/s Siddiqui Roller Flour Mill, Mirpurkhas). Accused Iqbal Ahmed Siddiqui S/o Haji Abdul Rahim, Arif Iqbal S/o Iqbal Ahmed Siddiqui, Atif Iqbal S/o Iqbal Ahmed Siddiqui and Sarang Ram S/o Punjo Mal were convicted by the Accountability Court on 27.02.2019 with a fine of Rs. 66.16 million.

6. State Vs Manzar Abbas S/o Agha Adil Abbas, Chairman, Project Director, Director Technical and Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Benazir Housing Cell and Others (District Khairpur). Accused Manzar Abbas S/o Agha Adil Abbas, Agha Muhammad Zarar S/o Noor Nabi, Ashiq Ali Shaikh S/o Mushtaq Ali, Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf S/o Ghulam Akbar, Agha Ghulam Mohi-uddin S/o Khudadad Khan and Ishrat Ahmed S/o Niaz Ahmed were convicted by the Accountability Court on 27.02.2019 with a fine of Rs. 90 million.

7. State Vs Mansoor Ahmed. Accused Mansoor Ahmed S/o Noor Ahmed was convicted by the Accountability Court on 27.02.2019 with a fine of Rs. 13.23 million.

8. The State V/s Karam Din Panhyar and Others. Accused Karamuddin Panhyar s/o Koral Khan Panhyar, Gada Hussain Abro S/o Nawab Khan, Ghulam Rasool S/o Ghulam Qadir and Jahangir Khan Marri S/o Haji Hadi Bux Marri were convicted by the Accountability Court on 28.02.2019 with a fine of Rs. 0.30 million.

9. The State V/s Muhammad Sajjan Mallah S/o Muhammad Hashim Mallah, Ex-Director of Schools, Karachi R/o House No. C-5, Samanabad, Qasimabad, Hyderabad. Accused Muhammad Sajjan Mallah S/o Muhammad Hashim Mallah was convicted by the Accountability Court on 30.03.2019 with a fine of Rs. 48.55 million.

10. The State V/s Mehboob Ali Zardari and Others. Accused Mehboob Ali Zardari S/o Mola Bux, Fayyaz Hussain Channa S/o Chatal Channa and Imtiaz Ali S/o Pyaro were convicted by the Accountability Court on 24.04.2019 with a fine of Rs. 110.66 million.

11. The State V/s Manzoor Ahmed Rufi and Others. Manzoor Ahmed Rufi S/o Nazir Hussain and Rauf Ahmed Rufi S/o Nazir Hussain were convicted...