NAB to make key arrests in Ogra corruption case
National Accountability Bureau has concluded initial investigation.
RAWANLPINDI – According to National Accountability Bureau (NAB), former chairman of Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Tauqir Sadiq has revealed names of key suspects in a multi-billion rupees corruption scandal.
The suspects include former ministers and bureaucrats, sources told Dunya News
NAB has formed a special team to arrest these influential suspects and a list has also been finalised to put their names on exit control list (ECL).
On the other hand, NAB will also seek 90-day physical remand of the former Ogra chief.
Earlier today, NAB team brought Tauqir Sadiq back to Pakistan on a private airliner and he was shifted to Rawalpindi soon after landing at Islamabad’s Benazir International Airport. The development came after an Abu Dhabi court ordered deportation of Tauqir Sadiq on June 3.
Sadiq is suspected of causing a loss of Rs 82 billion to the national exchequer when he was head of Pakistan s oil and gas regulatory authority between 2009 and 2011, at around the same time that Mr Ashraf was water and power minister.
He fled abroad after the Supreme Court declared his appointment illegal on Nov 25, 2011, and ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to start an investigation against him.
In the Ogra corruption scam, two former prime ministers Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf are also being investigated with regard to the controversial appointment of Tauqeer Sadiq as chairman Ogra.
