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National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has ordered for filing 7 different references under corruption charges against ex-MD PEPCO Tahir Basharat Cheema and ex-Chairman CDA Kamran Lashari, Dunya News reported on Wednesday. The meeting of the executive board of NAB was held in Islamabad which was presided by the newly appointed Chairman NAB Deedar Hussain Shah. Different pending cases of corruption of different departments were discussed during the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that inquiry would be carried out against the ex-MD PEPCO Tahir Basharat Cheema in light of the recently published report of Transparency International whereas an inquiry was also ordered against Kamran Lashari for alleagal allotment of plot to a food company. According to NAB sources, other prominent cases include the case of Abdul Khaliq of Lahore for misappropriating funds worth 20.5 million rupees and the case of Shamshad Gulzar for misappropriation in the funds of Lahore mass transit system. NAB has also said that Anwar Rajwani of ARK garments and Muhammad Ashraf of Noori Corporation have not returned millions of rupee loans of different banks as yet. NAB sources have also said that at least 17 people are involved in corruption scandal of Post Office Employees Cooperative Housing Society. According to NAB, serious corruption cases against ex-member of KhyberPakhtunkhwa board of revenue Abdul Hamid Khan and Ashfaq Kahlid of PTCL Quetta were also on the agenda of the meeting. On the other hand inquiries against Ministry of Housing and irregularities in the purchase of Railway engines have also been ordered by the NAB. The Chairman has also ordered the officials of NAB to prepare more cases of corruption and misappropriation of funds by the next executive meeting of the NAB.
