List of NRO financial beneficiaries presented in SC

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted a list containing names of 248 people, who were accused of siphoning off for themselves amounts of money from the national exchequer, Geo News reported Tuesday.

These NRO beneficiaries include President Asif Ali Zardari, Rehman Malik, Jahangir Badar, Yousuf Talpur, Ahmed Mukhtar, Pak Ambassador in the US Hussain Haqqani, Haji Nawaz Khokhar, Pir Mukarramul Haq, Brig (rtd) Imtiaz, Usman Farooqi, Salman Farooqi, former President Habib Bank Younus Dalmia, Mirbaz Khetran and Aftab Sherpao.

Former MPAs including Agha Siraj Ahmed, Ghaniur Rehman, Habibullah Kundi are on the list.

According to NAB list, former Secretary to PM Ahmed Sadiq, former Chief Secretary Javed Ahmed Qureshi, Syed Zahir Hussain, Former Secretary Trade Aslam Hayat Qureshi, Former Finance Secretary Javed Talat, former Secretary Salman Farooqi, AR Siddiqui, Former Secretary to PM Saeed Mehdi, former DG NHA Iqbal Ahmed, Adnan A Khawaja and Nadeem Imtiaz are included.

Former MNAs Haji Kabeer, Rana Nazeer Ahmed, Sardar Mansoor Leghari and Chaudhry Abdul Hameed are included in the list.

Former MPAs Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, Malik Mushtaq Awan, Mian Rasheed, Tariq Anees, Mian Tariq Mehmood, former DG OGDC Shahid Ahmed, former MD Utility Stores Sadiq Ali Khan, former GM Port Qasim Authority Abdus Sattar Dero, former chairman NDF Maula Bux are included in thelist of people who availed of NRO financially.

According to NAB list presented in the SC, there are at least seven abolished references of President Zardari. Among them, Rs1.82 billion in ARY Gold, Rs270 in a tractor project, and there is mention of at least Rs50 million in Polo Ground.

According to the NAB report, there are at least two cases of Interior Minister Rehman Malik.

Multan Bomb Blast claims 12 lives: Rescue 1122

MULTAN: At least 12 people were killed and 10 others injured in the twin blasts in Qasim Bela area of Multan Cantt near a building of a sensitive agency, Geo News quoted Dr Kaleem of Rescue 1122 Tuesday.

Dr Kaleem said the deceased include eight civilians and four security men.

Rescue teams including 1122, police and other relief teams arrived on the spot. Police put security cordon around the whole area of blast site. Also, a military helicopter is hovering over the area for surveillance.

The injured are being shifted to the nearby hospitals including Nishtar Hospital, Civil Hospital and CMH, where state of emergency has been declared.

According to Geo News correspondent, at least 11 injured including children and women were brought to the Nishtar Hospital.

The blast was so powerful that the windowpanes of the nearby buildings were smashed to pieces. The media is being denied access to the blasts site thanks to the sensitivity of the area.

It should be mentioned that the blast occurred in the constituency of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.

According to an eyewitness, he was passing from the area when he heard a low-intensity blast followed by a massive explosion, adding the ISI building was more than half damaged as a result of bombings.

Another eyewitness told Geo News that the gunshots were fired before the blasts.

Some people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of the damaged building.

DIG Arif Ikaram said the blast occurred at 12:10pm in front of a secret agency building, adding he confirmed the killings of at least four people.