Pages

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Action against 3 generals in NLC scam, CDA’s member Finance still pending

ISLAMABAD: Despite clear and definite recommendations and directives of PAC (Public Accounts Committee0, action against 3 Army generals involved in NLC scam and CDA’s member Finance has not yet been carried out.

PAC had recommended forwarding the cases against three generals, Lt. Gen (R) Khalid Munir Khan, Lt. Gen (R) Afzal Muzaffar, and Maj. Gen (R) Khalid Zaheer Akhtar, involved in NLC (National Logistics Cell) scam alongwith CDA’s member finance, Saeed-ur-Rehman to NAB (National Accountability Bureau).
But, as it had been learned, the Planning and development board had still not been able to materialize the issue, despite a lapse of 11 days.
Meanwhile the ministry of Defense has said that it had not received any official directives from Planning commission and GHQ regarding any action against the three Army generals involved in NLC, issue, but it has been learnt through reliable sources that Planning Division had already forwarded the recommendations of PAC to Cabinet Division.
ONLINE contacted the chairperson of PAC’s implementation and monitoring committee Yasmeen Rehman, she declared this serious lapse of ignoring recommendations of PAC as contempt of Parliament.
She also announced summons of implementation and monitoring g committee on 13th and 14th July in order to review the implementation of PAC orders of action against the three Army generals of NLC scam.
An explanation from relevant Planning and Development Division officials has also been summoned over the issue. Online