Karachi
April 9, 2021
An accountability court on Thursday sentenced four former officials of the Karachi Development Authority to seven years in prison in a case pertaining to corruption and China-cutting in the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project.
Accountability Court-II judge Aaliya Latif Unar found former KDA directors Atta Abbad, Fareed Yousufani, Farid Naseem and Shahid Umer guilty of illegally bifurcating the land meant for the redevelopment project into plots through China-cutting and selling them to the public without conducting an auction and causing losses to the exchequer worth millions of rupees.
The judge noted that the prosecution had successfully proved the charges against the defendants, while they could not bring on record any evidence in support of their claim of not-guilty. A fine of Rs5 million each was also imposed on them.
KDA land director sentenced in Karachi plot scam case
He illegally sold 227 plots in Lines Area Re-settlement Project SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Apr 8, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Apr 8, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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An accountability court sentenced on Thursday a Karachi Development Authority director to seven years in the Lines Area Re-settlement Project plot scam case.
In 2016, the National Accountability Bureau had filed a
reference against KDA Land Management Director Atta Abbas for illegally selling
over 227 LARP plots.
Abbas remained the LARP director from 2013 to 2014. He sold
these plots to the public after their illegal demarcation.