KARACHI: FIA recommended to put names of accused of M-6 fund misappropriation in exit control list. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sindh in a letter to FIA Immigration Islamabad has recommended to keep names of accused in Motorway M-6 funds scam in ECL.

Deputy Commissioner Naushehro Feroz Tashfeen Alam, DC Matiari Adnan Rashid, Assistant Commissioner New Saeedabad Mansoor Abbasi and branch manager Sindh Bank Mir Muhammad Suhag have been included in list of accused. Earlier, National Highway Authority sought details of misappropriated Motorway funds from Sindh government. A fact-finding committee of NHA also visited Matiari and Naushehro Feroz districts.

Committee members held meetings with real owners of land and sought details from them, sources said. Highway Authority also demanded of Sindh government to handover matter to National Accountability Bureau and Federal Investigation Agency for inquiry into scam. Amount was released by NHA to Deputy Commissioners for procurement of land for construction of M-6 Motorway from Hyderabad to Sukkur. DC Naushehro Feroz Tashfeen Alam has been in hiding and Sindh government has constituted team for his arrest. According to documents, National Highway Authority released an amount of Rs 4.09 billion to DC Matiari for purchase of land.

Accused drawn Rs 1.82 billion cash from bank for procurement of land for 70 kilometers of road. An amount of Rs four billion was transferred to another account by accused and earned 540 million rupees profit. AC New Saeedabad paid cash to landowners instead of cheques, according to case papers.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 25 2022

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