Ex-AC, clerk handed down seven-year imprisonment.

BAHAWALPUR -- Special judge Chaudhry Ziaullah handed down seven-year imprisonment along with fine to former Saddar assistant commissioner Rai Abdul Hafeez and his bill clerk Abdul Majid for fraudulently drawing Rs2.6 million through two cheques from the Kissan package during former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's tenure.

According to the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) sources, the corruption case had been registered against former AC and his bill clerk on the complaint of the then Saddar AC, Hasnain Khalid Sanpall.

In the complaint, AC Sanpall had complained withdrawal of Rs2.6 million through fake bills with the help of two cheques but when clerk Abdul Majid attempted to encash third cheque amounting to Rs1,720,000, he (Majid) was trapped and the AC got registered an FIR against both.

The special judge handed down seven years' imprisonment along with fine of Rs50,000 each or further prison term in case of default.

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