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.