Lahore: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore after pacing up anti-corruption activities against corrupt elements of society and every corrupt official of government machinery. In accordance with this motive and under direction of new DG Mr Shahzad Saleem NAB Lahore is strictly following zero tolerance policy againt corrupts.
In pursuance of a source report against Mian Muhammad Afzal, Manager LESCO, NAB authorised a Verification of the report against the said accused which upgraded into inquiry in August 2016. Numerous embezzlement evidences helped push inquiry into Investigation against him in first quarter of 2017. Evidences collected, so far, reveal his active involvement in the commission of scheduled offence of corruption and corrupt practices for accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income. It was also disclosed that the accused owns several plots in different societies in his own and other family members’ names and also holds bank balances of Rs 13 crore approx.
Keeping in view all the allegations and available evidences of corruption against Mian Afzal, NAB Lahore provided a chance for justification of the allegations against him which the accused remained abruptly failed to defend. NAB Lahore while taking action, arrested him and produced before an Accountability Court which grants his physical remand for further probe till 3 May 2017.