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DHA City scam: NAB arrests project director

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau has arrested former project director in the Rs16 billion DHA City scam, officials said Friday.

“Retired Brig Khalid Nazir Butt, had been arrested for signing a “lopsided joint venture” agreement with Globaco, which was discriminatory in nature and was entirely disadvantageous to the DHA causing huge loss to the authority,” NAB official told media.

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Brig(R) Khalid Nazir Butt

The NAB said the Globaco launched the project with the implied consent of the accused without acquisition of 10,000 kanals of land and getting the master plan approved from the executive board of DHA, which was in complete violation of the approved minutes of the board meeting.

As a result, it said the general public was deprived of its entitlement and failed to get possession of purchased plots in the said scheme.

“Brig Butt committed the offence of misuse of authority, criminal breach of trust, cheating public at large and misappropriation of funds,” it said.

The NAB will produce him in the accountability court on Saturday to get his physical remand.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.