Ishfaq A Mughal
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is conducting investigations on complaints of corruption in land acquisition deals sealed by the Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB) an attached organization of Commerce Ministry, a senior official told the scribe.
The disclosure came amid hearing of a case in the Supreme Court pertaining to corruption worth billions of rupees in land deals of the National Insurance Company Limited, another attacked organization of the ministry. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has found traces of transactions in accounts of Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim.
He said the PTB purchased land in Pasheen, Buner, Jampur, Swabi and Mansehra for research purposes. In response, committee member Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi questioned whether the land was purchased from relatives or associates of parliamentarians and senior officials.
The official alleged Commerce Minister Fahim’s nominees on the board were creating problems in running the affairs in a professional manner. “The board was not properly working and I am facing difficulties in running the board due to hurdles created by these members,” he said.
When the scribe contacted to PTB Chairman Zahoor Ahmad the he confimed that all land deals signed in the last couple of years were being scrutinised by the FIA.
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