The pre-arrest bail applications of 17 senior officials of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) BY THE Sindh High Court.
The interim bail of head of administration NICVD Khalil Ahmed Khan, head of stores retired Lt Rajia Urooj, head of pharmacy Dr Jibran Bin Yousuf, head of information technology Syed Raza Abbas, administrator satellite centres Dr Malik Nasrullah, head of biomedical Junaid Khan, head of marketing Dr Sobia Hussain, head of admin & support services retired Capt Masood-ur-Rehman and head of internal audit NICVD Mohammad Faisal was dismissed.
The two-judge bench observed that the relief of interim pre-arrest bail was granted to the petitioners with direction to join investigation, but they had neither provided required details nor requisite documents to the investigating officer.
The bench also turned down pre-arrest bail applications of management consultant NICVD Haider Awan, manager stores SyedaShumaila Zehra, accountant Syed Tabriz Ahmed, HR manager satellite centres Bilal Naseem, manger OPD services Karim Mumbani, assistant manager procurement Mohammad Azhar, assistant accountant Kamran Baig and Mohammad Ashfaq.
However, the National Accountability Bureau could not arrest them on the premises of the high court since none of the petitioners were present in the courtroom when the order was pronounced.
Meanwhile, the bench adjourned the hearing on pre-arrest bail applications of NICVD executive director Nadeem Qamar, chief operating officer Syeda Azra Maqsood and head of human resources Dawar Hussain till April 22.
NAB is probing the alleged illegalities, illegal appointments and kickbacks in procurement during 2014 to 2020 against the management of NICVD and the petitioners had approached the SHC in later part of last year to obtain pre-arrest bail.
