Accountability Court No 3 at Karachi on Thursday awarded 5-year imprisonment with penalty to the accused Amjad Hussain in reference No 2/2016. According to details, the convicted accused was proprietor of M/s Akhter Brothers engaged with business of leather products who illegally obtained sales tax refunds in 2005 on the basis of fake invoices purportedly issued by M/s World Wide Impex, who disclosed during course of investigation that they had ever remained in any business with M/s Akhter Brothers, nor made supplies of any products to them.

The sanctioning officer of illegal sales tax refunds namely Syed Nusrat Nasir, Deputy Collector had died before filing of reference.

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