RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: Director General (DG) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Brig Farooq Naser Awan (retd) handed-over cheques amounting to Rs 1.775 million to Riaz Khan Dawar, Director (Administration) FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) in a graceful ceremony held at NAB (KP) on Thursday.

NAB KP conducted an inquiry against the accused Arshad Khan, Director General (FDMA) and others regarding embezzlement of funds in Housing Uniform Assistance Subsidy Project (HUASP) for Bajaur Agency. The accused persons managed to embezzle millions of rupees in compensations payment meant for the affectees of Terrorism after operation in Bajaur Agency. The accused persons in connivance with each other prepared hundreds of counterfeit survey forms of fake/ineligible affectees and afterwards included the same in the payment lists in order to embezzle public money.