Summary Sheikh Afzal of the Harris Group has served a legal notice to the president of the Bank of Punjab.
LAHORE: A spokesman of Harris Steel Mills has confirmed the information that the notice has been issued to the head of the Bank of Punjab with the stance that Punjab Bank has usurped his moveable and immovable property in Pakistan as well as Dubai on fake and forged documents and has sold them on throwaway prices.
According to the spokesman the Pakistan Foreign Office has also declared those documents bogus and fake through which the property was sold.
He said that a very expensive villa in Dubai, properties in Pakistan, shares, vehicles, watches and jewelry worth billions of rupees were sold out through a group of crooked bankers and businessmen in connivance with Aftab Ahmed, an officer of NAB Punjab at prices much lower than the market value.
The legal notice has asked the Bank of Punjab to withdraw its teams from the illegal sale of Harris Group’s properties and hand over the keys of the said property along with all expensive articles to them forthwith.
According to spokesman, in case of one-cooperation, Sheikh Muhammad Afzal will take appropriate legal actions in Criminal as well civil jurisdictions at Dubai as well as at Pakistan.
The spokesman has also said that an official Naeem ud Din of the Bank of Punjab is creating hurdles towards the settlement of plea- bargain on the part of Sheikh Muhammad Afzal making use of his office. The said plea bargain should have been filed some three years back.
The spokesman has also appealed to Supreme Court of Pakistan to take notice of the bogus auction of the moveable and immoveable properties of the owners of Harris Steel mills.
