NAB apprehends KDA director over land grabbing
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 19, 2019
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) here on Friday apprehended Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Director Jamil Baloch on charges of land grabbing in Karachi, ARY News reported.
A source privy to the matter, said that Jamil Baloch was involved in China-cutting, illegal constructions, fake NOCs and other irregularities in KDA.
The sources further said that the KDA’s officer was also involved in 60 acres land encroachment on the Malir riverbed area.
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Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on April 10 had filed a fourth reference against former Karachi Development Authority (KDA) director Nasir Abbas and others with an accountability court in a case pertaining to illegal allotment of 14 plots in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area.
According to the NAB reference, a probe against former Sindh minister Jam Khan Shoro and government official Muhammad Ramzan Awan was ongoing and a supplementary reference would be filed against them once the investigation completes.
The administrative judge of the accountability courts in Karachi had accepted the reference for hearing.