Karachi: NAB Karachi has filed a reference in Accountability Court against Ghulam Mustafa Phul, former Secretary Government of Sindh, Land Utilization Department and others for corruption on large scale in the allotment of land .
The cohorts of Phul in the scam including Fazal-ur-Rehman (ex-Administrator), Roshan Ali Sheikh, Ex-Commissioner, Shoukat Hussain Jokhio, Ex-DC, Nadeem Qadir Khokar Ex-Mukhtiarkar, 2x Director Land KMC, 5x Deputy Directors and 3x Accounts Officers in the matter of illegal sale of 265 acres Land situated at Deh Ghangiaro, Malir, Karachi.
The said land was allotted to KMC in the year 1960 for the purpose of the Wool washing Tanneries. KMC officers have illegally issued 276x leases in the said area for industrial purposes in connivance with private person named Muhammad Shoaib who was arrested by NAB and various official records was retrieved from his residence on his pointation.
The Directors of KMC are accused of issuing the authorization letter for execution of leases in the area of Wool Washing to allow the concerned officers to execute leases on behalf of KMC, having known that in the same area neither any allotment was issued nor any new auction was held. Whereas 5x Deputy Directors of KMC from year 2007 onwards executed 276x lease deeds of Wool Washing land to private persons for industrial purposes without allotment order purporting that they were lessee by virtue of auction held by KMC in 1971-75 wherein KMC Auction department accepted only 16 plots which were allotted through auction at that time.
Some three Accounts officer were also involved in signing and depositing the challans of Occupancy Value against the approval of Director Land thus creating the 3rd party interest based on which leases will be executed.
Administrator/DCO and BOR Officers were acted in violation of Colonization of Land Sindh Amendment Act 2009 u/s 24-A. The Administrator Karachi / DCO malafidely and to give legal cover to the act of KMC officials requested the Secretary LU to keep entry of the said land in favour of CDGK / KMC and also he passed the Council Resolution in the year 2010 allowing the KMC officials to regularize the land based on the possession. Based on the above request Secretary LU after 50 years issued NOC to keep entry inrecord of Rights, the ex-post factor approval was sought wherein Secretary Finance raised objections based on which inquiry was initiated and same NOC for entry was withheld.
NAB Karachi have already been arrested three accused persons namely Muhammad shoaib, Saif Abbas and Shoukat Hussain Jokhio all accused are in judicial custody.
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