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NAB recovers big treasure from palace-like house of Karachi mayor’s adviser

NAB recovers big treasure from palace-like house of Karachi mayor’s adviser
September 19, 2019
KARACHI (92 News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered a huge cache of wealth, including costly and luxury vehicles, bonds, documents of properties, diamond and gold ornaments, from the palace-like house of Liaquat Ali Qaimkhani, Adviser to Karachi Mayor on Parks. NAB, recovers, huge, wealth, house, Karachi mayor, adviser The NAB authorities also seized the official record of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). The list of 200 costly items includes eight luxury vehicles, 171 tolas of gold ornaments, modern weapons, documents of bungalows in Lahore and Karachi. Moreover, about two lockers measuring four-six feet have also been recovered which could not be opened so far. NAB, recovers, huge, wealth, house, Karachi mayor, adviser In addition, local and foreign currency worth millions of rupees has been recovered. The foreign currency includes Saudi riyal, Singapore dollar, UAE dhirams and US dollars. On the other hand, an accountability court has approved three-day transit remand of former DG Parks Liaquat Qaimkhani. NAB, recovers, huge, wealth, house, Karachi mayor, adviser To a question by a journalist about his luxurious lifestyle despite having Rs1.5 million annual salary, Liaquat Qaimkhani said that he belonged to an agrarian family. However, he did not respond to the question about his lockers. NAB, recovers, huge, wealth, house, Karachi mayor, adviser He has been arrested in the Baharia Icon case and he faces the charge of awarding fake contracts as DG Parks. According to sources, Liaquat Ali Qaimkhani was appointed as gardener in KMC. Then Karachi Nazim Naimatullah had specially created the post of DG Parks and appointed him. The sources said that then Minister for Local Government Waseem Akhtar had opposed the appointment of Liaquat Ali as DG Parks. He had also written a letter to the Anti-Corruption Establishment over the violation of laws. Meanwhile, Liaquat Ali established relations with an important figure of Sindh and continued to work as DG Parks for a long time. He was assigned the task of decoration of Benazir Bhutto Park on the basis of these relations. Sources said that Liaquat Ali’s influence remained intact at the time of his retirement. He used the official resources for decorating his house. He also secured jobs for his favourite persons Currently he was working as adviser to Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar who is on a visit to Dubai. On his return, Waseem Akhtar is likely to be questioned what had been done under him.