Lahore (June 26, 2018): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has summoned Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Saaf Pani Company corruption case on July 5.
The chief minister has been served a subpoena to turn up before a team of the bureau on July 5 to submit certain documents along with the answer to its queries with regard to the probe.
The NAB in November last year had launched a thorough probe into alleged corruption in the 56 public-sector companies formed by the Shahbaz Sharif administration in Punjab. These companies are accused of certain irregularities, recruitment in violation of procurement rules and merit, nepotism, and non-completion of various projects on time.
Last month, NAB issued a notice to Shahbaz Sharif, directing him to appear before a combined investigation team of NAB Lahore in connection with the affairs of the Saaf Pani Company. He was also directed to bring the relevant record.
In April, the Supreme Court was informed during a hearing in the Saaf Pani Company case that despite Rs4 billion being spent on this project not a single drop of clean water has been made available to the citizens.
The company’s CEO had told the court that Rs300 million had been spent on the services of foreign consultants so far, an estimated amount of Rs150 billion had been allocated for the whole project, while 116 plants of clean water installed at a cost of Rs4bn.
on June 25, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested PML-N Candidate for NA-59, Qamarul Islam in Saaf Pani Company[clean drinking water] case on corruption charges.
According to NAB sources NAB raided in Lahore and arrested PML-N National Assembly Candidate Engineer Qamarul Islam and former Chief Executive Officer Waseem Ajmal for misappropriation in a Punjab government’s Saaf Pani project.
Qamarul Islam was alleged of awarding the contract of 84 water treatment plants in more than the government suggested prices illegally. These water plants are installed in Hasilpur, Manchanabad, Khanpur and Lodhran.
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