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Housing society approved for PAF martyrs defrauded people of billions, NAB tells court
[DAWN] An accountability court on Wednesday extended the remand of two detained builders for 14 more days in connection with a probe into reports of fraud in the Fazaia Housing Scheme Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... (FHSK). During the hearing today, the court was informed about how the land was acquired in the name of ’shuhada (deaders) and war heroes’, but hardly any units were allotted to the same. The investigation officer also highlighted how some Pakistain Air Force (PAF) officials had lured their own peers into purchasing housing units and made millions in the process. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested Tanveer Ahmed and Bilal Tanveer, said to be associated with Maxim Properties, for allegedly depriving the public of Rs18 billion through investments in the FHSK. On Wednesday, the investigating officer of the case, Aslam Pervez Abro, produced both the suspects before the administrative judge of the accountability courts, Fariq Anwar Qazi, and sought extension in their physical custody for further interrogation and investigation. The IO submitted a progress report, stating that during the course of interrogation further evidence had come on record that both the suspects were involved in cheating the public on the lam in the FHSK in connivance with officials of the PAF. Blatant violation of laws "In execution and launching of the FHSK, the suspects blatantly flouted the relevant government laws and carried out advertisement, sale, development and booking without getting approval of its layout plan from the Malir Development Authority and No-Objection Certificate from the Sindh Building Control Authority," the report states. The report, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, adds that the suspects "got the land of the project illegally consolidated/ adjusted/ exchanged with the MDA through a letter dated June 19, 2015, which was subsequently cancelled by the MDA on July 7, 2015". Yet, they illegally occupied the government land by erecting a boundary wall around the project site and carried out construction work, it adds. Posted by: Fred 2020-01-16 |
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