NAB accuses ex-DG Parks of embezzling millions.

Ex Director General (DG) Parks and Horticulture, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Liaquat Ali Khan Qaimkhani was taken into custody in a fake accounts case, as the National Accountability Bureau accused him of embezzling at least Rs1 billion.

NAB alleged that the former DG, an adviser to Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, headed a group of financial racketeers that included former members of the KMC and senior politicians from different political parties.

Qaimkhani was involved in setting up 71 ghost parks in the metropolis over a period of twenty years, according to a NAB statement issued to media. Qaimkhani also registered fake companies for carrying out 'repairs and maintenance' in these parks, it added.

NAB claims that the luxury items recovered from the residence of Qaimkhani yesterday are worth Rs10 billion, while jewellery items seized from the house are worth Rs150 million -- suggesting that a government officer could have only been able to afford such items if they were embezzling funds.

Just a day earlier, officials of NAB Rawalpindi had acquired a three-day transit remand of Qaimkhani in the Bagh-e-Ibn-e-Qasim scam. Qaimkhani was accused of awarding...