The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has filed a Rs2.71 billion corruption reference in court against five people accused of being involved in a modaraba scam.
According to the reference filed in the accountability court of Judge Muhammad Ibrahim, Jamshed Khan, Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Daud Shah, Ahmad Iqbal and Abdul Samad deceived hundreds of people by taking money from them on the pretext of investing it in a company called Life Medicine Company.
The accused collected money from people across the province by telling them that the investment would increase the amount manifold. However, after collecting the money, the accused closed down their offices and absconded, the reference stated.
MANSEHRA: The patwaris (revenue officials) in upper parts of Hazara ended their one-month strike after authorities warned them to terminate their services. “We have ended our strike and joined duty but it is unfortunate that government did not accept any of our demands,” Sarfaraz Abbasi, a representative of patwaris, told journalists here on Tuesday. http://www.dawn.com/news/1116485/hazara-patwaris-end-strike-after-authorities-warning