RAWALPINDI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a reference against Farzana Raja – former chairperson of Benzair Income Support Programme (BISP) – and 18 others over alleged corruption in the initiative.
The reference comprised of 32 volumes has been sent to the Registrar Office for scrutiny, in which overall 19 persons have been made party.
According to the reference, Farzana Raja allotted illegal contracts to four advertising companies that allegedly inflicted Rs 1.46 billion loss to the national exchequer.
The Executive Board of NAB had approved the filing of reference against Farzana Raja and others in a meeting in December last year.
Ms. Raja remained chairperson of the BISP from year 2008 to 2013 during the tenure of Pakistan People’s Party government.
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