NAB arrests 5 officials of Lines Area development project

KARACHI: Five high-ranking officials of the Lines Area development project were arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday.

According to sources the arrested officials include Deputy Directors Lines Area development project Farid Naseem and Shahid Umer, Additional Directors Atta Abbas and Rashid Nasim, and Director Waseem Iqbal.

The five officials are accused of china-cutting 1,200 plots worth Rs4.5 billion and selling them to builders and land grabbing mafia. The plots were sold for bribes instead of being auctioned.

According to sources the money was used for terrorism and financing terrorists.