News

Tube Well Operator turns out to be millionaire

February 5, 2022 08:58 PM


A Grade-IV employee of the Punjab government have been exposed as a millionaire and an illegal owner of a petrol pump in the court, 24News HD TV Channel reported on Saturday.

According to the details, the accused Asif Hussain is a tube well operator of the Irrigation Department in Muzaffargarh district.

Punjab Anti-Corruption Department traced his illegal assets including a filling station worth Rs350 million.

The department filed a case in the court and succeeded to establish the ownership of the petrol pump from the accused illegal as it was built with the money of corruption.

According to DG Anti-Corruption Gohar Nafees, the illegal petrol pump has been seized on the orders of the court.

The facts of the case also revealed that the tube well operated was a frontman of two former officers—XEN Pervez Iqbal and Mohammad Athar—of the same department.

The DG Anti-Corruption said that the property of Shafiq Pathan, former clerk of the Irrigation Department, worth Rs 3 crore has also been frozen on the order of the court.

He further said that the Anti-Corruption Department has also arrested Kashif Riaz, a stamp dealer who along with other accused Qasim and Abu Bakar seized 34 kanals piece of land of a citizen by forgery.



Most Read

  1. Solar panel rate sinks massively in Lahore Solar panel rate sinks massively in Lahore
  2. LHC orders steel mill demolition over pollution LHC orders steel mill demolition over pollution
  3. Foreigners safe after suicide-bomber targets their van in Karachi Foreigners safe after suicide-bomber targets their van in Karachi
  4. Mehar Bano and Mamya Shajaffar’s bold dance videos invite public's wrath Mehar Bano and Mamya Shajaffar’s bold dance videos invite public's wrath
  5. Finance minister rules out further rupee devaluation Finance minister rules out further rupee devaluation
  6. Iran shoots down several drones as Israel ‘launches’ attacks Iran shoots down several drones as Israel ‘launches’ attacks

Opinion

  1. Insights into the Pakistan Stock Exchange's Recent Record High Triumph
    Insights into the Pakistan Stock Exchange's Recent Record High Triumph

    By Zulfiqar Ali Mir

  2. IMEC to sabotage CPEC
    IMEC to sabotage CPEC

    By Dr Asif Channer

  3. 1947 TO FORM 47
    1947 TO FORM 47

    By Dr Asif Channer

  4. Beijing wants to further highlight industrial sector in its country and take scientific innovation to new heights....
    Beijing wants to further highlight industrial sector in its country and take scientific innovation to new heights....

    By Ali Ramay

  5. Global race: China will reduce its unnecessary expenses
    Global race: China will reduce its unnecessary expenses

    By Ali Ramay

  6. Channer Pir: The Great Saint of Cholistan
    Channer Pir: The Great Saint of Cholistan

    By Dr Asif Channer