ISLAMABAD: Military authorities have turned down a request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to share details of a multi-billion rupee National Logistic Cell (NLC) scam involving three former generals, officials said on Saturday. The refusal is likely to torpedo NAB’s plan to form a joint inquiry team against army and civilian officials involved in the scam of the army-run transportation company. The bureau is conducting investigations against NLC officers, including Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Munir Khan, Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Afzal Muzaffar and Maj-Gen (retd) Khalid Zaheer Akhtar. The former generals have been held responsible by the auditor-general of Pakistan for corruption to the tune of billions of rupees. “The military has refused to cooperate with us. Now, it has become difficult for investigators to interrogate former generals directly,” an investigator told The Express Tribune. Investigators said they may now seek arrest warrants for the three former military generals – a move that may result in the first-ever prosecution of former military personnel in a civilian court. “We should arrest all accused, including the generals, since the (General Headquarters) and the ministry of defence have refused to comment on the bureau’s letters,” said an investigator, quoting NAB Prosecutor General KK Agha giving suggestions to NAB Chief Air Marshal (retd) Fasih Bokhari at a board meeting on Wednesday. “The executive board meeting of NAB took serious notice of not receiving a response from the auditor general’s branch of the GHQ despite four reminders in the NLC scam,” said a statement issued after the meeting. Source: defence.pk/forums/economy-development/164640-corruption-pakistani-generals.html#ixzz2Zf6uLmta
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:16:39 +0000
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