ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Rawalpindi region, has made “biggest ever” recovery of Rs21 billion through a plea bargain deal in famous fake bank account case being tried against top Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership.
Under the deal, approved by accountability court of Islamabad, the anti-graft watchdog has got retrieved billions of rupees worth land of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM).
“It is the biggest ever recovery made by the bureau and also the biggest plea bargain deal inked in the fake bank account case,” said a NAB lawyer in a video message after the court approved the deal on Tuesday. The land belongs to the government of Sindh and the PSM, therefore, the bureau has decided to hand it over to the provincial government.
NAB recovers land worth Rs21 bn in fake accounts case
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February 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: In the fake bank accounts reference, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered land worth Rs21 billion after an accountability court accepted a plea bargain request.
Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir conducted the hearing and accepted the request of Ehsan Elahi for plea bargain. Ehsan Ellahi confessed to illegally acquiring 262 acres of agricultural land in Malir’s Bin Qasim and entered a plea bargain in the case.
According to the NAB, 562 acres of land was exchanged illegally with land in Scheme 33’s Sector 24-A in 2012. “This was done in clear violation of Section 10(4) of Colonization of Government Land Act 1912.” The said section defines a tenant as the one who is in possession of the land.
The National Accountability Bureau has recovered land worth Rs21 billion in the fake accounts case. Ehsan Ellahi confessed to illegally acquiring 262 acres of agricultural land in Malir s Bin Qasim and entered a plea bargain in the case. According to NAB, 562 acres of land was exchanged illegally with land in Scheme 33 s Sector 24-A in 2012.
The National Accountability Bureau has recovered land worth Rs21 billion in the fake accounts case. Ehsan Ellahi confessed to illegally acquiring 262 acres of agricultural land in Malir s Bin Qasim and entered a plea bargain in the case. According to NAB, 562 acres of land was exchanged illegally with land in Scheme 33 s Sector 24-A in 2012.