Karachi, October 23 (TNS): NAB Karachi on Monday arrested 11 accused persons wanted in Reference No. 50/2016 including Sharjeel Inam Memon, Ex-Minister Information & Archives Department, consequent upon cancellation of their ad interim bails by Sindh High Court.
The accused persons are charged for embezzlement of Rs. 5,766,479,766 purportedly paid to seven advertising agencies for awareness campaigns between 2013 and 2015.
The accused persons jointly and severally in connivance with each other have been alleged for awarding the contracts to favour certain advertising agencies and to their own favour, in violation of relevant laws and rules and against exorbitant rates. The arrested accused persons will be produced before accountability court tomorrow (Tuesday).
Details of accused persons arrested by the anti-graft body are as below:
- Sharjeel Inam Memon (Ex-Minister Information & Archives Department)
- Zulifqar Ali Shalwani (The then Secretary Information & Archives Department)
- Mansoor Ahmed Rajput (The then Deputy Director Information (Advertisement)
- Information & Archives Department)
- Sarang Latif Chandio (The then Information Officer, Information & Archives Department)
- Altaf Hussain Memon (The then Section Officer (G) Information & Archives Department)
- Asim Amir Khan Sikandar (Senior Executive Director M/s Evernew Concepts Pvt.Ltd.)
- Masood Hashmi (CEO M/s. Orient Communication Pvt. Ltd.)
- Gulzar Ali (Director of M/s Adarts Karachi Pvt. Ltd.)
- Salman Mansoor (Director of M/s Adarts Karachi Pvt. Ltd.)
- Umar Shahzad (Proprietor of Daily Milan)
- Syed Naveed (Proprietor of M/s Media Power Link)
- Muhammad Hanif (Company Secretary M/s Evernew Concepts Pvt. Ltd.)
