Corruption in Pak military

Pakistan spends 3.5% of GDP on military, while India spends 2.4% of GDP on military.

Similar to Pakistani politicians, Pak military is no way untouched by corruption. Musharaff is a billionaire and owns flat in the posh area of London. Admiral Mansur ul Haq involved in Agosta submarine scandal, and he paid $7.5 million (Rs. 457.5 million) i.e. 2 years salary of all navy personnel. Humayun Akhtar and his brother, sons of Gen. Akhtar Abdur Rehman, came to own a congolomerate of sugar mill, textile mill and Pepsi franchise. How come so many generals and their families have properties in US and Canada.

Army responsible for deficit of railways (via land grabbing, NLC), WAPDA. So many serving and retired army officers in civil sector (Karachi port trust, CAA, universities, hockey and cricket boards).

Even more damaging than corruption is the instability and insecurity in the country. Military is primarily responsible for political instability (though overt coups and covert manipulations on security and foreign policy matters, making and breaking political alliances such as IJI, MMA, helping Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri stage sit-in in Islamabad), wars (e.g. 1965, 1971, 1999) and terrorism (by nurturing jihadi groups and ethnic mafias such as MQM). Consider the cost of losing business and investment opportunities because of instability and insecurity resulting due to army's overt and covert policies. Cost of waging wars and proxy-wars against India and Afghanistan. For example, the 1965 war rolled back all economic gains made by Ayub's regime.

The culture of coverups: scandals military has been involved in, have never been brought to limelight or not been investigated thoroughly due to lack of cooperation from military: Hamood ur Rehman commision report, reports on Siachin misadventure, Ojari camp blast,  Zia's assassination, Mehran bank scandal (Asghar Khan case), Kargil misadventure, Lal Masjid operation, Abbotabad commission report, Hamid Mir's attempted assassination report.

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http://tribune.com.pk/story/804316/wars-and-the-economy/
"the three wars that we fought against India — the one in 1965, next in 1971 and the third fought on the Kargil heights in 1999 — had proved to be too costly for our economy. It was mainly the post-1965 war related socio-economic and political crises that had led to the 1971 war which further aggravated the economic environs forcing the residual Pakistan to suffer economic stagnation for the next five years. And by the time the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan in late 1979, our economy had almost nosedived."

http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2006/07/general-figures/
"According to an assessment based on the value of rural or urban plots, the worth of a general in the army in real estate terms is anything from a hefty 150 to 400 million rupees. And that is a conservative estimate. Many senior generals own up to seven to eight properties in rural areas and in the cities. This development of a land-rich military is the result of a decades-old policy of awarding land, particularly agricultural land, to loyal military personnel. However, a number of officers own more than just one piece of land due to the fact that every gallantary award is accompanied with a piece of urban or rural property. Subsequently, service chiefs were given the option of getting a plot of land in the city of their choice. This provision is traced back to General Zia-ul-Haq’s era. As such, many senior officers obtained prime properties. The list includes: General (Retd.) Shamim Alam Khan, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (allotted a 1,066-square-yard plot in the costly F-7 sector on June 11, 1994), former chief of Army Staff, General (Retd.) Abdul Waheed Kakar (allotted a 1,200-square-yard plot, number 6 in sector G-6/4 on September 7, 1996), Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Farooq Feroze Khan (allotted a 1,033-square-yard plot, number 13 in sector F-7/2 on January 29, 1995), former Naval Chief Admiral (Retd.) Saeed Muhammad Khan (allotted a plot measuring 1,066 square yards in sector F-7 on June 11, 1994), former Naval Chief Admiral (Retd.) Muhammad Saeed (allotted an 800-square-yard plot, number 19 in sector F-8/1 on August 30, 1987), and former Naval Chief, Admiral (Retd.) Yasturul Haq Malik, (allotted a 800-square-yard plot. number 551 in sector F-10/2 on November 4, 1991). The current market value of these plots varies from Rs. 70-100 million each.
However, there is no limit to the land acquired by some other officers. For instance, according to a list of land awards to officers, eight plots were allotted in the name of the Director General, ISI. The list placed before the Senate shows that five plots were allotted in the name of the DG, ISI on April 15, 1994 in sector F-11/2. The plots measuring 666 square yards, included plot numbers 193, 194, 261, 262 and 263. The DG, ISI was also allotted two more plots on November 16, 1994 in sector F-7/4 and F-7/2, each measuring 1,600 square yards. Another plot, measuring 1,244 square yards, was allotted in the name of the DG, ISI in sector F-7/1 on October 26, 1994.
Apart from the officially allocated plots, senior military officers get land in the defence housing schemes at concessional rates. However, developed, these plots add another Rs. 50-100 million each to the general’s total worth."


http://www.transparency.org.pk/news/newsjan10corruption.htm

"An article by A.H. Amin in The South Asia Tribune (Issue No 54, August 10-16, 2003) posted on the Pakistan Peoples Party website, reproduced below, accuses senior military officers of massive corruption.

Apart from General Musharraf the article also mentions the current front-runner for caretaker prime minister, Gen. (Retd.) Jehangir Karamat.

Lahore High Court Massive Charge Sheet Against Pakistan Army By A.H. Amin - The South Asia Tribune - Issue No 54, August 10-16, 2003 ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court in Pakistan is facing a legal and a practical dilemma: What to do with the petition which charge sheets the Pakistan Armed forces and lists details of massive kickbacks and corruption done by Generals, Air Marshals and Admirals.

The petition has been filed by a lawyer in public interest but its contents are so explosive, the High Court Judges cannot touch it. The LHC, under tremendous pressure of the Army regime, is almost helpless in even admitting or hearing the petition, let alone give a verdict against the Army.

The main charges mentioned in the petition include: 

- Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak (retired) had received Rs180 million as kickbacks in the purchase of 40 old Mirage fighters

- Air Chief Marshal, Farooq Feroz Khan was suspected of receiving a five per cent commission on the purchase of 40 F-7 planes worth $271 million

- In 1996, the Army bought 1,047 GS-90s jeeps, at a cost of $20,889 per unit. The market value of a jeep then was only $13,000. According to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Pakistan's main accountability organization, some senior Army officers made Rs. 510 million in the deal.

- One hundred and eleven Army men got 400 plots in Bahawalpur and Rahimyar Khan districts at throwaway prices, paying Rs. 47.50 per kanal (1/8th of a acre) as against the actual price of Rs15,000 to Rs20,000 (1US$=Rs. 56). Another 35,000 kanals were distributed among them.

- Six respondents got 400 kanals in the Punjab while former NAB chairman Lt. Gen Mohammad Amjad was allotted a two-kanal plot on the Sarwar Road in Lahore for just Rs. 800,000 - payable in installments over 20 years. The market value of this plot was Rs. 20 million.

- General Pervez Musharraf acquired a commercial plot worth Rs 20 million at DHA in Lahore for just Rs. 100,000, payable in 20 years. "As mentioned in the report of defense services director-general, a loss of Rs 5 billion was incurred due to such allotments."

- The Army awarded a contract for the purchase of 1,000 Hino trucks at $40,000 per unit while the local Gandhara Industries had offered trucks of the same specification for $25,000 a piece. In the purchase of 3,000 Land Rover jeeps in 1995, Army officials allegedly received around Rs. 2 billion as kickbacks.

- The Army management at WAPDA raised the power tariff 13 times during the last three years besides purchasing electric meters at Rs. 1,050 a piece against the open market price of Rs. 456, causing a loss of Rs 1.65 billion to the national exchequer.

- A former military regime sold the Pak-Saudi Fertilizers for Rs. 7 billion and earned a Rs 2 billion commission on the deal.

- In 1996, the Pakistan Navy spent Rs. 13 million on installing air-conditioners at the Islamabad Golf Club without any justification. Apart from this petition some other major scams involving serving or ex members of the military junta are as follows:

- Ex Army chief General Jahangir Karamat took kickbacks of more than US$ 20 Million from Ukrainian tank company for purchase of 300 Ukrainian tanks for Pakistan Army through a middleman named as Colonel Mahmood , a brother tank corps officer of Karamat . Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sent the present chief of the WAPDA Major General Zulfiqar, then serving in ISI, to Ukraine and Azerbaijan to investigate the scam.

- General Zulfiqar compiled a complete report of the transaction and the bribes given. But the Army tried to buy him out by rewarding him with the post of WAPDA Chairman and promoting him to the rank of a three star General. The then Army Chief, General Jahangir Karamat was forced to resign, based on the threat that if he did not, he would be charged for corruption.

- Many road contracts were given to a firm Hasnain Construction company without any public tenders by the recently removed Railways and Communication minister General Qazi. The company, owned by a relative of General Pervez Musharraf's son, was also awarded the lease of a lucrative real estate in Lahore for construction of a Golf Course under frontmanship of Palm Country Golf Club, Singapore. The relative of General Musharraf admitted publicly that he was working for a commission to use his contacts and influence for the company.

- Prime commercial land developed in Defence Housing Authority Karachi was leased at dirt heap rates to McDonalds operated by Amin Lakhani by the then Corps Commander, Karachi Lt. General Afzal Janjua.

- The Army's coercive organ NAB struck various under the table deals with various individuals accused of high profile economic crimes in addition to arm twisting NAB defaulters, into joining the present government. These include the present Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali and at least one fourth of all elected legislators. Where does the military virtue of a defense outfit stand in these circumstances? Is 2003 not a year fit to publish its obituary? Our military virtue died, trampled below the treacherous wheels of overpriced military trucks and overpriced Chinese aircraft and defective Atlantique planes that crash in our waters because of dubious maintenance."

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/swaminathan-s-a-aiyar/pakistan-shows-why-military-ultimately-fails-to-govern/articleshow/23016053.cms
http://swaminomics.org/pakistan-shows-why-military-ultimately-fails-to-govern/
"Aijazuddin responds, “I’m in the private sector. I’m running an investment bank. If we are not efficient, we cannot survive. No one who runs my organisation can afford to be inefficient. They would either become bankrupt or have to close down. So, efficiency is not the factor. Forgive me for saying I do not believe it to be the prerogative of the Pakistan Army.

“Now, so far as discipline is concerned, if I was to ask one of my bank employees to jump off the roof of a 10-storey building, before doing so, he would ask me a host of questions. Is it in my job description? Am I insured? Will my family receive compensation in the event of my disability or death? I would be bound to satisfy him before he would take that leap.

“But when you order your soldier to stand in the line of an enemy bullet, either that bullet will get him or yours will – for disobedience. So, General, it is not a matter of efficiency or discipline. It’s a matter of obedience.

“And, General, you will find that when you give orders to civilians, you will wonder why they do not carry them out instantly. And that will be the beginning of the end for you as a government.”

http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/10/a-military-state/
"Since coming to power, the Musharraf government has placed some 1200 active and retired officers in various ministries and state corporations. Retired generals are now serving as vice chancellors of the Punjab and Peshawar universities. The situation has not changed after the installation of a civilian government, and the private sector is encouraged to accommodate army personnel.
Most analysts agree that assigning military personnel into lucrative civilian jobs, coupled with the distribution of the rewards of power, has far reaching political consequences and carries a long term impact on the military’s professionalism. “The military has expanded its non-professional interest to such an extent that it has developed stakes in most areas of policy making and management,” says Rizvi.
Military rule has also helped consolidate the socio-economic conditions of officers through the perks that come with power. The military controls five foundations that are among Pakistan’s largest business groups. They run banks, insurance companies and major industries such as fertiliser and cement. They even own agricultural farms, dairies and gas stations. The military’s burgeoning industrial and business empire is indicative of its growing stake in the economy.
Several military welfare organisations like, Fauji Foundation, the Army Welfare Trust and Shaheen and Bahria Foundations, have become large industrial and business conglomerates. They are involved in varied business and commercial activities that include banking, running universities and schools in the private sector, real estate development and trading. Fauji Foundation, the largest, is now trying to acquire Pakistan State Oil ( PSO) and Ufone. The privatisation of PSO, that controls more than 70 per cent of the oil distribution business in the country, has been delayed to allow the organisation to search for a partner. The acquisition of these two companies with assets of more than one billion dollars may turn Fauji Foundation into Pakistan’s biggest industrial conglomerate.
The military’s land grabbing for the establishment of Defence Societies in Pakistan’s main cities has been scandalous. In Lahore alone the military has acquired more than 100 miles of land , extending from the new phase six, starting from Burki road to the BRB canal and across. According to a leading Pakistani economist, the value of this land alone is estimated at billions of dollars. This figure is multiplied manifold if land controlled by the military in other cities like Karachi is included. According to one estimate, around 35 per cent of Karachi’s prime land comes under the cantonment board. The military says they acquire the land at market prices, but the evidence contradicts the claim. ” It is a institutionalised corruption,” says Lt General (retd) Talat Masood."


http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/10/the-militarisation-of-pakistan/
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/archive/index.php/t-191090.html
"The workings of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) certainly lead credence to this fact. Since it was established in 1999, NAB has taken up cases of corruption against dozens of civilians, both in the public and private sector, but barring one high-profile case - that of Admiral Mansurul Haque - barely laid a finger on any member of the armed forces, serving or retired. If any action has been taken against any officers, it has been done in secrecy.

Nonetheless, various inquires reportedly carried out by NAB indicate that the national exchequer may have lost up to one billion USD in the shape of alleged kickbacks in international defence-equipment deals signed by the Army Welfare Trust, Shaheen and Bahria foundations related to tanks, submarines, mine hunters, Mirage fighters and army jeeps. "


http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2006/07/the-new-land-barons/
"Since the early 1950s, the military has acquired millions of acres of land throughout the country for distribution to serving and retired armed forces personnel. According to one estimate, the armed forces control about 12 million acres, constituting about 12 per cent of total state land. Out of this, 62 per cent is in the Punjab, 27 per cent in Sindh and 11 per cent in NWFP and Balochistan. About seven million acres of the total is agricultural land and has an estimated worth of Rs700 billion. Interestingly, only about 100,000 acres are directly controlled by the armed forces and its subsidiary companies, the Fauji Foundation, the AWT and the Bahria Foundation, and distributed amongst serving and retired personnel. The remainder was given (at highly subsidised rates) to army personnel as awards to be used for their personal gratification.
Granting agricultural land as a reward to individuals is a tradition inherited from the British. The Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900 ensured the use of canal colony land as a means to reward those serving British interests. According to Imran Ali, professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, in his book, The Punjab Under Imperialism, land was granted to indigenous communities under various schemes, such as offering land grants to raise horses that could then be acquired by the British cavalry. Following the principle of rewarding the ‘faithful,’ the Alienation of Land Act specifically stipulated allocation of 10 per cent of colonised land to the armed forces. This process of land development was incorporated later in another law known as the Colonisation of Land Act, 1912, which was updated by the Pakistan government in 1965. The law had a feudal underpinning and was based on perpetuating various local social classes that would guarantee the interests of the imperial masters. Today, the land distribution policy is still deeply rooted in this colonial logic, with the military monopolising the state’s resources and continuing to offer land in exchange for allegiance to the state. Moreover, this policy is central to the problematic centre-provinces relations. The smaller provinces, in particular, are wary of the land distribution scheme that empowers Punjab versus other provinces.
For decades, land has been transferred to military personnel under the aforementioned law. The military was given 10 per cent of the approximately nine million acres of land reclaimed due to the construction of the Kotri, Guddu and Ghulam Mohammad barrages in Sindh. The government also gave land to some senior civil bureaucrats, who were the military regime’s partners. Some of the prominent beneficiaries of the land reclamation scheme from the armed forces included General Ayub Khan (247 acres), General Muhammad Musa (250 acres), and Maj. General Umrao Khan (246 acres). After the military’s takeover in October 1958, more land was allotted to army officers in the Guddu Barrage area. Also, agricultural land was given in the Punjab. What is even more important, however, is the fact that the land alloted to military officers was developed with foreign aid – military and economic aid from the US. Reportedly, the finance minister of Punjab, Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot, justified the use of foreign aid for land development because the money was meant for the army."


http://www.dawn.com/news/77461/karachi-acquittal-application-filed-in-ships-purchase-case
13 January 2003: KARACHI: Commodore Mirza Ashfaq Baig (retd), a co-accused in a corruption reference against former Pakistan Navy chief Mansoorul Haq, moved on Monday an application for his acquittal before the accountability court No 4.
Judge Mohammed Jawaid Alam, who is also the administrative judge of all the ACs in Karachi division, fixed Jan 20 for hearing arguments on the acquittal application.
The former navy chief and Commodore Baig (retd) have been charged with causing a loss of Rs1.8 billion to the national exchequer in the purchase of three vessels for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation."


http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/editorial/16-Jul-2004/second-opinion-some-generals-get-away-with-corruption-khaled-ahmed-s-urdu-press-review
16 Jul 2004: "Fazle Haq had some leverage on Zia and it could be related to drugs. (Narcotics smuggler Mushtaq Malik alias 'Black Prince' told 'Herald' of July 2004 that he had got into trouble after disclosing in 1985 that the topmost generals were involved in heroin smuggling. Black Prince, who has done nine years in the US prison for narcotics after getting caught in Brazil, has recently resiled from his statement that Asif Ali Zardari was a part of his racket. He has however maintained that Fawzi Ali Kazmi was involved in narcotics smuggling with him and that Zardari was unfairly punished for keeping his company.) Fazle Raziq took over WAPDA when corruption had receded as a concern in the face of enthusiasm for Islam. Post Fazle Raziq, action against General Zahid Ali Akbar has been subject to fits and starts, implying reluctance and actually meaning time-out for escape."


http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/editorial/07-Jun-2005/editorial-fauji-foundation-must-explain-its-conduct-to-the-senate-standing-committee
7 June 2005: "On April 21, during Question Hour in the National Assembly, the parliamentary secretary for defence in a written reply to a question disclosed that the Fauji Foundation — a concern run by the army — had sold the Khoski Sugar Mills for Rs 300 million as against Rs 387 million offered by the highest bidder, and to a company which had not even participated in the bidding process. The secretary informed the House that the Ministry of Defence had already ordered an inquiry into the sale.
Funnily enough, the Foundation, instead of clarifying its position on the matter, chose to place adverts in the press belying any wrongdoing. At the Senate, some members then requisitioned a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Senate to discuss the issue. Under the Rules of Business, the meeting should have been convened by June 10 at the latest. At this point, however, the MoD refused to send its representatives before the Senate committee, taking the plea that since Fauji Foundation is a private entity, it cannot be probed by parliament and the MoD cannot answer questions on its behalf. The chairman of the Defence Committee, Senator Nisar Memon, has reportedly accepted the explanation and declared that the requisitioned meeting will not be held.
....Senator Babar has also raised some probing questions in regard to the contention by the MoD that the Foundation is a private entity: Is it correct that when the Fauji Jordan Fertiliser Company ran into serious financial troubles in 2003 its debt of several billion rupees was transferred to the federal government under the Paris Club? If it is correct then is there any other example of a private entity having thus been bailed out by the government using taxpayers' money? The Economic Survey 2004-05 published in the newspapers on June 5 shows that the government had explicit contingent liability of over Rs 1 billion on account of Fauji Fertiliser Company (FFC) Jordan. Is there any other private entity for which the federal government has thus assumed liability? If the taxpayers' money is used to benefit an industrial concern, will it not bring that concern, even if private, under the scope of parliamentary review?"

http://tribune.com.pk/story/53124/rs5-5b-secret-funding-to-intelligence-outfit/
22 Sep 2010: ISLAMABAD: The General Pervez Musharraf-led government had released Rs5.5 billion to the nation’s premier intelligence agency out of the funds allocated to the finance ministry just a couple of months before the general elections of 2008, reveals the Accountant General of Pakistan Revenue (AGPR).
The revelation is a second major blow to the reputation of spy agencies within 48 hours and that too on the same platform – Public Accounts Committee (PAC) – after Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Monday that the spy agencies were involved in picking up journalists and rigging elections."


http://tribune.com.pk/story/286939/dodgy-dealings-corruption-taints-88-armed-forces-officials/
3 Nov 2011: "A report from the defence ministry has unearthed the alleged involvement of almost a hundred armed forces officials in corruption. The revelations come following the Public Accounts Committee’s declaration that three top army generals were responsible for the Rs1.8 billion losses in the National Logistics Cell scam.
According to the report, four officials from General Headquarters (GHQ) are involved in corruption – while 21 employees from the army are involved in financial irregularities related to military lands and cantonments."


https://twitter.com/geonews_urdu/status/213272018316046338
14 June 2012
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/world/asia/pakistans-railroads-sum-up-nations-woes.html?_r=0

2013: "The Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, a lavish facility with an 18-hole golf course, gyms, 3-D cinemas and cigar rooms, opened in 2002 at the height of the military rule of Gen. Pervez Musharraf. The club, which costs $8,000 to join, has become a showcase for new money: families that made their fortunes from property and industry, contacts and corruption....

But the Royal Palm was also built on the bones of the railways.

The rail minister at the time was Lt. Gen. Javed Ashraf Qazi, an ally of General Musharraf’s and a former spy chief who leased the railway’s land to a consortium of businessmen. Critics accused him of giving the land away at a sweetheart rate.

“It was not a clean deal. Absolutely not,” said Nasir Khalili, chairman of the Gardens Club, an officers social club with 1,400 members that had to surrender its property. The National Accountability Bureau, which investigates official corruption, concluded last year that the Royal Palm deal had cost the government millions of dollars in lost revenue."
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"It was not the first time that the military had chipped at the rail system. Back in the 1980s, the military ruler Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq diverted train freight business to the National Logistics Cell, a military-run road haulage company that cornered the market for transporting wheat and other commodities. Less publicly it smuggled C.I.A.-financed weapons destined for mujahedeen rebels fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

“With freight gone, the railway was doomed,” said Salman Rashid, a travel writer who has specialized in the train network."

http://tribune.com.pk/story/553193/detained-by-interpol-pak-fugitive-in-bosnia-gets-british-help/
23 May 2013: The UK embassy in Bosnia is assisting Akbar, who is wanted by NAB for owning assets worth Rs268 million, much beyond his known sources of income, with legal aid in order to get him deported to the UK, sources in NAB told The Express Tribune. “His deportation to UK will save him from extradition to Pakistan where he is facing corruption charges,” said a NAB official requesting anonymity.
The former WAPDA chief, who is a dual national and also holds the citizenship of UK, was accused of owning assets beyond his means to the tune of Rs267.61 million during his tenure besides inflicting heavy losses to the public exchequer by his alleged corruption.
The ex-military man and head of the water and power authority evaded arrest by NAB and fled abroad. After three months of investigation NAB officials traced him to Bosnia where he was detained by Bosnian authorities with the help of Interpol on May 9."


http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/12/24/freeing-pakistans-economy-from-the-militarys-grip/
24 Dec 2013: "Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in one of his many attempts to improve the Iranian economy, has suggested that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) limit itself to only a few economic activities. The IRGC is one of the largest economic players in Iran, with business interests in everything from the state oil company to construction and car manufacturing."

"Pakistan’s military has an extensive, albeit indeterminate, amount of economic power; there is little doubt that it is one of the largest economic forces in the country. This has numerous negative implications, not least of which is that it makes long-term successful economic reforms nearly impossible."

"Decreasing the role of the military in the economy would create new business opportunities for private companies, especially for well-established ones as they would be able to act quickly. It would create sectors of the economy in which private companies would not have to compete against the army, thus giving them greater opportunities to thrive and make money. Thus, decreasing the economic role of the military would help one of Sharif’s constituencies — his fellow businessmen — while curtailing the power of the biggest threat to his rule — the military."


https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/641148-pia-hires-new-officials-in-bid-to-minimise-losses
21 Oct 2014:
The documents also revealed Air Commodore Imran Akhtar (PIA No67151) was hired from Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as senior general manager on deputation on monthly salary of Rs250,000 while Group Captain Jawaid Ali Soomro (PIA No67152) was hired as General Manager procurement and logistics on monthly salary of Rs200,000. Wing Commander (r) Raheel Ahmad (PIA No67190) was also appointed as senior general manager on monthly salary of Rs700,000.
Brigadier (r) Muhammad Asid Khan was hired as senior general manager (PIA No67146) on monthly salary of Rs700,000.The Monthly impact of these hiring is Rs5.5 million with an annual impact of Rs61.8 million.
While contacted, the spokesman said he is not in a position to comment on these appointments. However, previously a spokesman of the corporation had told media that some officers of the PAF has been brought in to streamline the system in the national flag carrier and that they (PAF officials) would also train the airline’s staff so that they (PIA staffers) could take over the department later.


http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2015/09/fall-from-eden/
2015: "With the conviction of two army generals in the National Logistics Cell (NLC) fraud case, the Pakistan army seems to have redeemed itself in one of three major corruption scandals in which senior military officers are accused. The other two cases include one relating to alleged kickbacks received in the leasing of Railways’ land at throwaway prices to the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club in Lahore, and the other to the ISI’s disbursement of funds to anti-PPP politicians to manipulate the 1990 elections. There is also a fourth scandal that has reared its head: that involving two brothers of the former army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani......In their own defence, armed forces personnel argue that institutional mechanisms exist within the army and the top judiciary respectively to impeach wayward members of these establishments. However, the facts speak for themselves: hardly any general or judge has been held accountable for his misdeeds, or has spent as much time behind bars as Asif Zardari or Nawaz Sharif......
NAB accepted an offer from Mansurul Haq to pay about Rs. 457.5 million (US$7.5 million) – an equivalent of 1,270 years of his salary as an admiral or two years salary of all naval personnel in Pakistan – in exchange for his freedom and closure of all corruption cases......
Lt. Gen. Javed Ashraf Qazi, former ISI chief and Minister for Railways in Gen. Musharraf’s cabinet, Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Saeeduz Zafar and Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Hamid Hassan Butt have been accused of receiving huge kickbacks in 2001 for leasing 141 acres of prime Railways’ land on Canal Road to developers for a club. The losses accruing to the national kitty: at least 5 billion rupees.
In 2012, the NAB had summoned the three generals for questioning, but no reference has been filed against them to date. In July this year, NAB reviewed five corruption cases in the Pakistan Railways, but steered clear of the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club case."


http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/101101-Ex-Lt-Gen-corps-commander-accepts-guiltreturns-Rs200m-to-NAB
Feb 26, 2015: "ISLAMABAD: A former general of the Pakistan Army has returned Rs200 million of misappropriated funds in a plea bargain to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Lt General (retd) Zahid Ali Akbar commanded the Rawalpindi Corps and remained Wapda chairman from 1987 to 1992 as well as serving as the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman. He was accused of corruption and having assets beyond his known sources.
The NAB received his confessional statement and Rs200 million which was deposited in the national treasury. Lt General (retd) Zahid Ali Akbar was arrested through Interpol when he was entering Bosnia from Croatia but due to his citizenship of the United Kingdom he was shifted from Bosnia to Britain. According to NAB documents, Lt General (retd) Zahid Ali Akbar had 77 bank accounts in which more than Rs200 million were deposited and these bank accounts were in the name of Zahid Ali Akbar, his close relatives and in the name of different companies."


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/06/pakistan-army-shames-generals-misusing-funds

6 August 2015: "Sharif has also been credited with allowing investigations to proceed against an alleged £3m fraud committed by Elysium Holdings, a company owned by one of General Kayani’s brothers, which is accused of illegally selling certificates for allotments to build houses on land near Islamabad that it did not in fact own.

“No one would touch Kayani’s brothers unless the army chief OKs it,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a Lahore based political analyst. “[Sharif] wants to deal with issues that have become so public that they are damaging the image of the army.”"

http://www.dawn.com/news/1198561

6 Aug 2015: "Two retired army generals and a civilian officer of the National Logistics Cell (NLC) were sentenced by an army court for violating NLC rules and regulations that caused financial losses to the organisation, a statement issued by military’s media wing said Wednesday.

In light of findings of the inquiry committee, formed to probe irregularities with regards to the investment made by NLC, two accused retired generals — Maj Gen (retd) Khalid Zahir Akhter and Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Afzal Muzaffar — were awarded punishments under the Pakistan Army Act for illegally investing Rs4.3billion in the stock market and causing a loss of Rs1.8 billion, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
According to the ruling, Maj Gen (retd) Khalid Zahir was ‘Dismissed from Service’, which implies; forfeiture of rank, decorations, medals, honours, awards, seizure of pension, recovery of personal gains, cancellation of service benefits and all other allied facilities including medical etc.
Lt Gen (retd) Afzal Muzaffar was awarded ‘Severe Displeasure (Recordable)’ which in essence is a disciplinary award due to an offence of a lesser degree i.e. violation of procedures but no personal gains."


http://new-pakistan.com/2015/12/15/is-us-funding-corruption-in-pakistan-army/
15 Dec 2015: "Auditor General of Pakistan has found over Rs5 BILLION in funds embezzled from defense budget in one year alone. Earlier this year Defence Ministry admitted that 81 officials were  found guilty of embezzeling Rs1.53 billion from accounts of the Military Engineering Services (MES). Almost none of these funds could be recovered.
These are only two incidents that have been reported. Other reports suggest the problem may be much larger such as how former Chief of Army Staff and military dictator Gen Mushasrraf became a billionaire? Who knows how much has been stolen from defence funds?"


http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/14-Jan-2016/eden-group-agrees-to-return-rs1-8b-to-shaheen-foundation
14 January 2016: ISLAMABAD - The Eden Group has agreed to return Rs1.8 billion of Shaheen Foundation through National Accountability Bureau (NAB), The Nation learnt yesterday.
The Eden Group had already settled the three instalments through NAB Voluntary Return (VR) while the five are yet to be paid."


http://tribune.com.pk/story/1024459/dha-city-scam-nab-launches-probe-against-gen-kayanis-brother-front-page/
9 January 2016: ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an investigation against the brother of former army chief General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani over his alleged role in a Rs17 billion Defence Housing Authority (DHA) City Lahore scam."


http://www.dawn.com/news/1241529
24 Feb 2016: It states that: “Bahria Town was to purchase 40,000 kanals of land near Phase II extension, a project planned and marketed by DHA Islamabad in 2005. Malik Riaz CEO Bahria Town, finding it difficult to purchase the agreed land verbally requested to then-Maj-Gen Asif Ali vice president DHA for permission to develop DHA valley project in DHA’s land… permission was granted in a meeting held on February 25, 2009… about 30,000 kanal (DHA) land was transferred to Bahria Town without approval of competent authority causing benefits of billions of rupees to Bahria Town.”
It goes on to say that DHA transferred “more than Rs100 billion to Bahria Town without any bank guarantee”. It claims that, despite a 100pc increase in the project cost, DHA’s profits remained the same at Rs4.5 billion and did not see a proportionate increase.
The application alleges that in January 2009, Maj-Gen Asif Ali, while chairing a meeting of the DHA executive board, instructed that the process of JV contracts be expedited because the JVs had been approved by the COAS, and also called for early completion of the projects. Bahria Town ostensibly earned billions of rupees in “undue” profits due to the signing of these JVs.


http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/110685-How-does-Musharraf-own-over-Rs2-billion-deposits
6 April 2016: "In wake of the Panama Papers leak, the politicians are being grilled for owning offshore companies but no one asks the ex-dictator Pervez Musharraf from where he got billions of rupees which are kept in his offshore accounts. Musharraf, who retired as army chief, till recently was in possession of around Rs 2156 million net cash in his offshore bank accounts besides other movable and immovable property, but in his official papers submitted with the Election Commission, he declared that his worth is mere Rs 626 million.
Musharraf accumulated billions in offshore accounts besides the property that he has already purchased in foreign lands or inside Pakistan but he never mentioned these assets and accounts even at the time of assets declaration while submitting his nomination papers during general elections 2013."


https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/114536-M
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/114522-Two-generals-three-brigadiers-colonel-removed-for-corruption
https://www.geo.tv/latest/104401-The-car-accident-which-led-to-forced-retirement-of-six-army-officers
22 April 2016:
Senior Pakistan Army officials including a lieutenant general and a major general, proved that they were involved in corruption during their posting in Balochistan FC; however, they had neither been court martialed nor dismissed from service and had been merely removed from service and would draw their pension as well as availing themselves of medical facilities, top military sources confirmed this correspondent.
The story started on November 26, 2014 with an accident in Quetta of an expensive imported sports car owned by son of the then IG FC Balochistan Maj Gen Ejaz Shahid resulting in killing of two serving army officers Colonel Shakeel and Major Yasir. Families of the officers moved an application in the office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to declare their sons as ‘shaheed’ as they were killed while on duty. COAS General Raheel Sharif ordered an inquiry to ascertain the facts of the incident.
On December 25, 2014, Maj Gen Ejaz Shahid was transferred from FC and was appointed DG Foreign Military Cooperation. He was appointed IG FC on July 4, 2013 and he had replaced the then Maj Gen Obaidullah Khan Khattak who remained IG FC from 2010 to 2013. Obaidullah was appointed as General Officer Commanding 37 Division after leaving charge as DG FC. Prior to this appointment as IG FC Ejaz Shahid had been serving at General Headquarters.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/19/pakistan-army-housing-ventures-corruption-investigation
August 2016:
Elysium Ranches is one of three disastrous real estate ventures by the army in recent years, all of which have involved partnerships with well-connected private companies that were supposed to pay handsomely for the privilege of using the army’s DHA brand.
The partner in the Ranches project was Elysium Holdings, a company linked to three brothers of Kayani, who served as army chief from 2007 to 2013.

So far two former senior DHA officials have been arrested, along with Waseem Aslam Butt, the former chief executive of Elysium Holdings, who claims he has been used as a scapegoat to protect Kayani’s brothers.

The 2009 prospectus plays up the military connection. Babur Kayani, one of four directors, is described as a member of “a family that has been involved in the security and armed forces of Pakistan for three generations”. A profile of Amjad Kayani’s stresses his “very close connections” to the DHA.

Amjad Kayani was questioned by the National Accountability Bureau in February. Neither he, Babur nor a third brother, Kamran, have been arrested or charged with any offence.

Kamran Kayani was also involved in a Lahore venture called DHA City, which is under investigation for not being delivered despite a reported £100m having been collected from customers.

Perhaps the most spectacular failure was one the Kayanis were not involved in, DHA Valley, a vast new suburb that was to be built adjacent to Elysium Ranches and was to offer relatively affordable housing to junior officers and less affluent civilians.

More than 150,000 customers rushed to make payments totalling a reported £400m when the scheme was announced in 2009. Seven years later almost no work has been done and much of the land that was supposed to be turned into suburbs has been earmarked for a new water reservoir.

The Guardian approached the DHA and the office of the army’s spokesman with questions about all three scandals but neither agreed to speak.

  
https://www.dawn.com/news/1272211
21 July 2016:

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was provided on Wednesday details of commercial entities being run by various wings of the armed forces in the country.

In a written reply to a question asked by Senator Farhatullah Babar of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Defence Minister Khwaja Asif informed the house that there were nearly 50 “projects, units and housing colonies” functioning in the country under the administrative control of Fauji Foundation, Shaheen Foun­dation, Bahria Foundation, Army Welfare Trust (AWT) and Defence Housing Authorities (DHAs).

According to the details provided in the reply, eight DHAs were established in major cities. These DHAs — mostly created through ordinances — are in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi-Islama­bad, Multan, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Peshawar and Quetta.

Besides, there are 16 “projects/units” functioning under the AWT, 15 under the Fauji Foundation and 11 under the Shaheen Founda­tion.

The house was informed that Bahria Foundation was not administrating any housing colony in Pakistan, “however, an offshore tolling type LNG project is under its consideration”.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/181412-Raheel-Sharif-allotted-868-kanal-land-worth-Rs135-bn-in-Lahore
24 Jan 2017:

Former chief of army staff General Raheel Sharif has been allotted 868 kanals and 10 marlas of land (about 90 acres) on Bedian Road Lahore, and not just 482 kanals, through the Border Area Committee, reliable sources have disclosed. 

The total value of the allotted land is estimated at around Rs1.35 billion. Sources said that Raheel Sharif has been allotted 50 acres of land under his prerogative as a four-star general, and another 40 acres as the chief of army staff. The land is situated in Mauza Rukh Bathant, located along western side of BRB Canal, adjacent to  Mauza Heear. 

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/185047-Retired-major-general-moves-LHC-for-contempt
9 Feb 2017:

A former major general of Pakistan Army has submitted a contempt of court petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on the plea that his petition against depriving him of all his service benefits has been pending since February 16, 2015 and the Ministry of Defence has still not submitted comments on it.

An LHC bench on May 24, 2016 heard this petition and issued notices to the respondents for Sept 21, 2016 seeking their reply but after a passage of four months, still no reply has been submitted by the ministry.

The petitioner has prayed to the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the respondents. He has cited Secretary Ministry of Defence Lt Gen (retd) Zamir-ul-Hassan and Adjutant General of Pakistan Army Lt Gen Anwar Ali Haider as respondents.  In the main petition, the petitioner had alleged that the former military dictator Gen (R) Pervez Musharraf in a vindictive move deprived him of all his service benefits by canceling allotment of 50 acre land in Bahawalnagar, a plot in DHA Karachi and another plot in DHA Rawalpindi.

Maj Gen (R) Ahsan Ahmed through his counsel Col (R) Inam-Ul-Rahiem advocate has contended that Musharraf did all this as the petitioner refused to assist him inrigging in the elections of October 2002.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/197048-PIA-finds-three-top-men-guilty-in-aircraft-sale-inquiry
7 April 2017:
The report found Acting CEO Bernd Hildenbrand, Director Procurement and Logistics Department Air Commodore Imran Akhtar Khan [brother of DG ISI Rizwan Akhtar Khan]  and Technical Consultant Helmut Bachhofner guilty of causing a financial loss of over Rs 500 million to the national carrier.


http://nation.com.pk/national/22-May-2017/fia-report-points-finger-at-nlc-owned-bowsers-private-contractor
22 May 2017:

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has reported that 66 percent bowsers (tankers) involved in the theft of billion of rupees crude oil in Karak district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were owned by the National Logistic Cell (NLC).

A report submitted by the FIA to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources said that of the 46 bowsers found involved in the theft of oil from oil fields (control/own by MOL Pakistan gas and company), 30 were owned by the NLC while 16 were owned by another private contractor, M/S Saadullah Shah, According to the FIA report, a copy of which is available with The Nation, no action was taken by MOL Pakistan against the tankers involved in the oil theft.


https://www.dawn.com/news/1335088
23 May 2017:

ISLAMABAD: Senior ex-servicemen on Tuesday challenged the conversion of greenbelts into commercial spaces and residential areas in an army-led residential scheme.

The 10 retired army officers, including two brigadiers, filed a petition with the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench, alleging that the Askari Colony management working under the director general housing of the General Headquarters (GHQ), was converting parks and greenbelts into residential and commercial units in Askari 14.

Justice Shahid Waheed of the LHC sought reply from the Askari Colony Management Office (ACMO) by May 29.

The petition also alleged that a foreign company not cleared by intelligence agencies was hired for surveillance and security services in all the housing schemes working under the ACMO.


https://tribune.com.pk/story/1439940/military-paf-inquiry-list-body-set-probe-land-occupation-quetta/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1340633
19 June 2017:  The Senate’s defence committee on Monday constituted a sub-committee to investigate allegations that the armed forces have forcibly occupied lands in Quetta for their projects.


http://nation.com.pk/national/23-Jun-2017/senate-panel-takes-exception-to-leasing-out-railway-land 
23 June 2017: 

 The Senate Standing Committee on Pakistan Railways on Thursday raised questions over the leasing out of the railway land to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in Bahawalpur.

The committee headed by Senator Fateh Muhammad Hassani took strong exception to the issue questioning who authorized the deputy commissioner to lease out the railway land to the housing authority.

The committee was informed that the leasing out of 34 acres of railway land to the DHA Bahawalpur will cause billion of rupees loss to the railway as it will require diversion of a 140-kilometre railway track.


https://twitter.com/afewmofilms/status/878182144140492800 
23 June 2017: Land reclamation of Karachi's natural wetlands by DHA has narrowed the mouth of the Malir river and blocked natural drains over the years. 


http://fp.brecorder.com/2017/07/20170709196397/ 
9 July 2017:
Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore Administrator Brigadier Zafar Yasin Babar has said that DHA has expanded from 34,000 kanals to 300,000 kanals which has generated lot of business activities. The Business Hub is a virtual one-start-shop for local businesses and multinational companies. It is a milestone achieved by DHA to facilitate the residents and general public.


http://nation.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2017-07-14/page-13/detail-1 
14 July 2017:

Many of the thousands of victims of Pakistan’s biggest land scam case staged a strong demonstration at the Lahore Press Club Thursday, triggering traffic mess in the downtown.

The protesters, including women and children, chanted slogans against the Defense Housing Authority, the “nationally recognised corporate” organisation involved in construction of houses by building communities with modern lifestyle. Thousands of people purchased files of plots by paying their hard-earned money as the authority announced the new housing project in 2009.

More than 10,000 citizens are running from pillar to post to get plots in the new housing colony, notwithstanding they paid the price in advance several years ago. The national accountability court has been investigating the land fraud involving investment of billions of rupees.

 

https://www.dawn.com/news/1345199 
14 July 2017:
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday cleared an audit objection to the import of 42 luxury vehicles worth nearly $1.5 million by the Pakistan Navy, without the approval of the prime minister. 


http://nation.com.pk/E-Paper/Islamabad/2017-08-03/page-13/detail-0 
3 August 2017:

Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to get the developed plots transferred in its name against the prime land it handed over to Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Islamabad under an agreement despite the lapse of over 10 years.

DHA, under the agreements dated 12th September, 2007 and 14th March, 2008, was required to hand over 729 allotment certificates/files of developed plots to CDA in the same khasra numbers where CDA owned the land. The land was gradually taken over by the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and sold out.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-13/army-owned-firm-seeks-to-double-share-in-pakistan-dairy-market 
14 August 2017:

Pakistan’s Fauji Foods Ltd. wants to significantly expand its dairy business, ratcheting up competition among fast-moving consumer goods firms chasing the country’s growing middle class.

The firm, a subsidiary of the military-owned Fauji Foundation, one of the largest conglomerates in Pakistan, is looking to double its market share to 8 percent of the country’s packaged milk business this year, chief financial officer Syed Aamir Ahsan said in an interview in Islamabad.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1352296 
18 August 2017:
Military-run SCO denied permission to operate across country 
....

Headed by a serving military officer, the SCO is a public sector organisation working under the ministry of IT. It was established in 1976 to develop, operate and maintain telecom services in Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

For two years, the SCO has been demanding a complete autonomy to operate as a commercial entity and expand its services across the country.

However, the IT ministry feared that the results of a complete autonomy can leave an adverse impact on the growth of economy in general and the telecom sector in particular, risking millions of dollars as direct foreign investments by cellular companies.

The SCO has proposed a free of cost licence to operate and compete against other telecom operators such as Mobilink, Telenor and Zong throughout the country. It also proposed an amendment to the law for tax exemption on its income, assets, turnover and sales and customs duties on its imports and exports. Above all, the SCO requested to be funded by the federal government.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1366171 
25 Oct 2017:

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday sought a complete record of payments in excess of Rs102 million made by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to the Sindh and Punjab Rangers for security of Sui northern and southern gas installations.

A PAC meeting chaired by PPP leader Khursheed Shah was reviewing a 2016 audit of the ministry. The report said that Rs48m was paid to the Sindh Rangers whereas Rs54m was paid to the Punjab Rangers on the basis of a 2003 agreement signed between the ministry and the Rangers.

Audit officials said the Sindh Rangers outsourced security for Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd to a private company, billing M/S Mehmood and Brothers for security through the Accountant General of Pakistan Revenue (AGPR).

The report added that the Punjab Rangers paid rent for 20 cars from a company named M/S Barki Traders.

However, the report noted that all payments were made "on the basis of vouched account submitted by Pakistan Rangers Sindh and Pakistan Rangers Punjab for security duty".

A scrutiny of the 'vouched accounts' revealed that "the payments were made on the basis of an agreement between the Pakistan Rangers and the Ministry of Petroleum but neither a copy of the contract nor concurrence to the contract by the Ministry of Finance was provided."

 

https://www.dawn.com/news/1369225 
8 Nov 2017:

The report further revealed that Sindh Rangers had not recorded operational expenditures of Rs 1.6bn in cash books.

Furthermore, it was disclosed that the Sindh Rangers had received "contributions" worth Rs 146mn from lower ranked officers without any official permission. Rangers officials claimed that the money collected was spent on the well-being of the officers and no one was forced to pay.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1372089 
22 Nov 2017:

The chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) on Tuesday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the Lahore Defence Housing Authority (DHA) had withheld 300 kanals of its land which was contrary to a written agreement between the two organisations.

During the scrutiny of ETPB’s accounts at a meeting, the PAC took serious notice of a Rs1.93 billion loss caused to the national exchequer by ETPB, Lahore DHA and private companies High Link and Elysium Holding, owned by brothers of former army chief retired Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, allegedly through fake and fraud financing.


https://tribune.com.pk/story/1683397/1-petitioner-accuses-gen-kayani-medical-scam/
11 Apr 2018:

A former military officer has approached the apex court with a petition against former army chief General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani over his alleged role in disbanding the legally-established Armed Forces Medical Store Depot, and for manufacturing, supplying, and procuring substandard and spurious medicines.

Lieutenant-Colonel (retd) Inamul Rahiem stated that a group involved in the illegal disbandment of the depot and illegal transfer of civilian staff was headed by former COAS Kayani and other retired senior army officers.


https://nation.com.pk/11-Apr-2018/sc-moved-against-ex-coas-for-supplying-spurious-medicines
11 Apr 2018:

The petitioner alleged that a group involved in the matter of illegal disbandment of the depot and illegal transfer of the civilian staff, was headed by former COAS Kayani, then Corps Commander Karachi Lt-Gen Athar, who after retirement served as secretary Ministry of Defence.

“During his [Athar] stay as Corps Commander at Karachi, he came across certain medicine manufacturers and knew their business technique and after his retirement from [the] armed forces he decided to set up the business of medicines,” the petition stated.

It further added that Athar got the services of former Lt-Col Naveed who had long association with him and kept on looking after his other extra service interests.

After retirement, Lt Col Naveed established a pharmaceutical factory as a frontman of Lt-Gen (r) Athar, the petition alleged.

In 2009, a drug inspector sent the sample of tablet Tinize manufactured by Medizan Laboratories (Pvt) Ltd and which was supplied to the DHQ Hospital Rawalpindi and in the market.

The Drug Testing Laboratory Punjab in February 2009 confirmed that the said drug was substandard and also revealed that M/s Medizan had also issued warranty to M/s Foray Pharma in 2008.

“That due to involvement of senior hierarchy of [the] armed forces, neither the factory was sealed nor the accused persons were arrested and they continued the business,” the petition stated.

“However, during 2016 due to effective campaign of [the] Punjab Government against the substandard medicine manufacturers, action was initiated against these accused persons also and in the instant case after seven years of registration of complaint and various tests, the Punjab Quality Board on 14 July 2016 issued the order for prosecution against all the accused persons,” it added.

The petition further contended that after nine years of continuous and perpetual offence, Lt-Col (r) Naveed was charge-sheeted by the Drug Court.

“After registration of [the] FIR for manufacturing and supplying substandard medicines to the civil market, the consignment was offered to different CMHs, but due to policy of [the] federal government, [the] CMHs were not allowed bulk purchases as commandant CMH could only purchase emergency medicines from the market, if not available in the store, called as LP [local purchase].”

The petition added that during a meeting at the GHQ it was revealed that in the presence of the AFMSD Nowshera, the CMHs were not allowed to purchase any medicine directly from the supplier, after which it was decided to do away with the AFMSD Nowshera.

“For that purpose, a proposal was floated to secretary Ministry of Defence for disbandment of the AFMSD Nowshera and establishment of 27 sub depots at every CMH to directly purchase the medicines from the manufacturing units/suppliers.”

The proposal could not materialise as at that point of time Nargas Sethi was secretary defence and it was not expected out of her to issue the disbandment order, therefore Gen Kayani used his influence and got Nargas Sethi transferred and [was] not allowed to complete the tenure, the petitioner claimed.

“She [Sethi] could only serve as secretary Ministry of Defence for six months. Then Gen Kayani managed Lt-Gen Asif Yasin, who was then retired as Corps Commander Peshawar, and in July 2012 he was appointed as secretary Ministry of Defence,” it added.


https://nation.com.pk/07-Jun-2018/sc-tells-defence-ministry-to-explain-rs40m-transfer-to-ghq
7 Jun 2018:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Defence Ministry to submit its stance on a Rs40 million transfer to the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army and disbursement of Rs30 million to an NGO run by a friend of ex-army chief Mirza Aslam Beg.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/326560 
7 Jun 2018:
NAB has received fresh evidence in its probe against former dictator Pervez Musharraf on misuse of authority and illegal allotment of multiple expensive plots to his favorite officers worth about Rs1000 billion.