LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has decided to close the corruption inquiry in the ‘Saaf Pani’ scam.
According to sources, the NAB Lahore sought approval from the bureau chairman to close the inquiry. It was stated that no concrete evidence could be found against the nominees during the inquiry.
The recommendations submitted to Chairman NAB said that sub-section 5 of section 45 of the Punjab Procurement Rules 2014 has been violated and the ECSP and the Urban Unit were awarded contracts in collaboration with foreign firms. Foreign or private firms are silent on associations with government companies.
The NAB inquiry said that Rs. 195.97 million was paid to foreign companies while the clean water office of South Punjab was rented for 2 years and Rs. 648.29 million was paid in rent.
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It was recommended to the Chairman NAB that the matter be referred to Housing and Urban Development and Public Health Engineering. DG NAB Lahore said that the case is still going on and let’s see what happens in the end.
