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Corruption Probe Ordered against Musharraf | |
2008-11-06 | |
ISLAMABAD — The newly formed Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a key accountability panel of the National Assembly has, in its first meeting, decided to launch a probe against former president Pervez Musharraf on corruption charges and abuse of power in the grant of contracts in the communication ministry
Chaudhry Nisar said he would talk to army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to let the panel conduct probe against military officers on allegations of corruption. The PAC directed that the ministry recover Rs16 million paid illegally to Hasnain Construction Company, an outfit owned by the father-in-law of Gen. Musharraf’s son Bilal. “You have already given them many lucrative contracts in the past. Get this money back or get ready for strict action against all of you,” warned Nisar Ali Khan. PAC members were shocked when Nisar informed them that a billion rupee Rest House was being built at Naraan (Northern Areas) with the taxpayers’ money after blocking the flow of a river and playing havoc with the environment only for the bosses of the NHA and their families. | |
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