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An accountability court on Monday handed over former Director General (Parks) of Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) Liaquat Qaimkhani on a 14-day physical remand to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case for keeping assets beyond known means.

The accused was produced before AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir by the NAB officials after he was arrested and shifted to Islamabad. The accused informed the court that he is a diabetes patient and takes controlled diet. He said he also injects insulin every night.

Qaimkhani took the plea that he had not put even a single signature for illegal allotment of the garden's land in Karachi during his tenure as DG Parks.

Investigation Officer Asghar Khan apprised the court that the department has also taken the satellite pictures of Bagh Ibne Qasim. The accused deliberately had left certain areas of the garden empty in 2005.

He prayed the court to grant 14-day physical remand of the accused which the court approved. The court also allowed the family members of Qaimkhani to meet him during the NAB custody.

The NAB had reportedly raided Qaimkhani's secret coffer and confiscated gold coins, prize bonds, five sets of expensive jewelry and foreign currency. The valuables are expected to be worth Rs 150 million while another coffer is yet to be opened.

The anti-graft body had also seized eight luxury vehicles, sophisticated arms, property files, jewelry and official records of the KMC from his custody. Qaimkhani had allegedly built 71 parks "only in documents" and no park was built in real, and the accused ex-DG had formed fake companies for illegal purposes.

The media report said that documents of seven bungalows in Karachi and Lahore were also found in his home during a search in PECHS, Block-6. 'Original files' of the KMC were also seized from the held suspect's home.

The hearing of the case was adjourned till October 7.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019


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