INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ex Director General (DG) Parks and Horticulture, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Liaquat Ali Khan Qaimkhani who was taken into custody in
fake accounts case embezzled at least Rs1 billion, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said on Friday.The anti-graft body alleged that
the former DG, an adviser to Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, headed a group of financial racketeers that included former members of the KMC and
senior politicians from different political parties
Qaimkhani was involved in setting up 71 ghost parks in the metropolis over a period of twenty years, according to a statement issued to
He also registered fake companies for carrying out 'repairs and maintenance' in these parks, it further added
NAB has decided to file up to three more references against the accused
As per details, the luxury items recovered from the residence of Qaimkhani yesterday are worth Rs10 billion, while jewellery items seized
from the house are worth Rs150 million.Earlier on Thursday, officials of NAB Rawalpindi had acquired a three-day transit remand of Qaimkhani
in the Bagh-e-Ibne Qasim scam
Qaimkhani was accused of awarding fake contracts as DG Parks in the metropolis, as well as illegally allotting a plot from land meant for a
park in Clifton.Qaimkhani, currently embroiled in a fake accounts case, was living in an opulent, palatial residence — worth millions, in
PECHS society with sprawling lawns and a swimming pool
His bathroom alone was spread over two marlas
Among valuables recovered from the former DG Parks& house were eight imported luxury cars, gold bangles and necklaces, diamond jewellery,
weapons, and files of millions of rupees worth properties in Lahore and Karachi.Pleading innocence, the former DG Parks Qaimkhani said all
the cases against him were false and staged, and that he will prove all the allegations wrong in the court of law
He said that he belonged to a landlord family and that all the properties are shared.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of
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