List of NRO beneficiaries
The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was an ordinance issued by the former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, on October 5, 2007.[1] It granted amnesty to politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, murder, and terrorism between 1986 - 2007, the time between three states of martial law in Pakistan. It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 16 December 2009, throwing the country into a political crisis.[2][3] All names were supposedly kept in secrecy but the government was forced to declassify all the names after a successful intervention by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
List of NRO beneficiaries
[edit]The Government of Pakistan issued a list of 8041 individuals who benefited from NRO including 34 politicians. The list includes Nusrat Bhutto and several other politicals figures.
| S.No. | Name | Status | Province | Allegations | No. of Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asif Ali Zardari | Former President of Pakistan | NAB HQ | 10% in all projects started by PPP | 1 x Trail case |
| 2 | Nawaz Sharif | Former PM of Pakistan | NAB HQ | 1999 Army Chief Plane Hijacking case | 1 x Trail case |
| 3 | Nawab Yousaf Talpur | Former MNA | NAB HQ | Co accused in URSUS Tractors case | 1 x Trail case |
| 4 | Chaudhry Shaukat Ali Chandio | Ex Councilor Zila Council Lahore | Punjab | Zila Council Fraud case | 2 x Trail case |
| 5 | Haji Kabir Khan | Former MNA | Punjab | Zila Council Fraud case | 2 x Trail case |
| 6 | Chaudhry Zulfiqar | Ex Councilor Zila Council Lahore | Punjab | Zila Council Fraud case | 2 x Trail case |
| 7 | Jahangir Badar | Former MNA | Punjab | Assets Corruption in SSGC | 2 x Trail case |
| 8 | Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Awan | Former MNA | Punjab | Embezzlement in Octroi contracts | 1 x Trail case |
| 9 | Rana Nazir Ahmed | Former MNA | Punjab | Assets case / Misuse of authority | 2 x Trail case |
| 10 | Mian Rasheed | Former MPA | Punjab | Assets case / Illegal appointment | 2 x Trail case |
| 11 | Tariq Anees | Former MPA | Punjab | Assets beyond means | 1 x Trail case |
| 12 | Chaudhry Abdul Hammed | Former Mayor of Sargodha | Punjab | Assets beyond means | 1 x Trail case |
| 13 | Mian Tariq Mehmood | Former MPA | Punjab | Assets beyond means | 1 x Trail case |
| 14 | Agha Siraj Durrani | Former Education Minister of Sindh | Sindh | Misuse of authority | 1 x Trail case |
| 15 | Aftab Ahmed Sherpao | Former CM KPK | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Misuse of authority/ Illegal allotment of plots/ Assets case | 2 Trail cases / 1 Invt (EB Inq) |
| 16 | Ghani ur Rehman | Former MPA | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Assets beyond means | Ref 3/2000 Appeal in SC |
| 17 | Haji Gulsher | Former Senator | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Misuse of authority/ Acquisition of land | Ref 9/2001 Appeal in SC |
| 18 | Habibullah Khan Khundi | Former Provincial Minister | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Misuse of authority/ Acquisition of land | Ref 9/2001 AC |
| 19 | Mir Baaz Muhammad Khan Khethran | Former MNA | Balochistan | Misappropriation of Govt. funds allocated for Peoples Work Programs | 1 x Invtg |
| 21 | Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar | Former Minister for Commerce and Industries | Punjab | Misuse of authority in issuing sugar exports permits to non-entitled persons in 1994 | 1 x inquiry |
| 22 | Sardar Mansoor Laghari | Former Provincial Minister | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Misuse of authority/ Acquisition of land | 1 x Trail case |
| S.No. | Name | Status | Province | Allegations | No. of Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Hussain Haqqani | Ambassador to the US | NAB HQ | Co accused in Ms BB case of TV Channel | 1 x Invtg |
| 24 | (r) Brig. Aslam Hayat Qureshi | Former Federal Secretary | NAB HQ | Co accused in ARY Gold case. | 1 x Trail Case |
| 25 | A R Siddiqi | Former Federal Secretary | NAB HQ | Co accused in AZZ and BB cases. | 1 x Trail Case |
| 26 | Saeed Mehdi | Former Principal Secretary to PM | NAB HQ | Co accused in Polo Ground case | 1 x Trail Case |
| 27 | Ahmed Sadiq | Former Principal Secretary to PM | Punjab | Assets beyond means | 1 x Trail Case |
| 28 | Javed Qureshi | Former Chief Secretary Punjab | Punjab | fraud in ZCL's contracts | 1 x Trail Case |
| 29 | Bureaucrat Anwar Hussain | SDO WAPDA | Punjab | Demanded Illegal gratification for TW connections | 1 x Invtg |
| 30 | Saif Ullah Khan | LS WAPDA-LESCO | Punjab | ||
| 31 | Syed Sultan Ali Shah | LS WAPDA | Punjab | ||
| 32 | Bureaucrat Muhammad Arshad | LS WAPDA | Punjab | Non deposit of Rs 119,670/= | 1 x Invtg |
| 33 | Syed Ehsan Ali Shah | LS WAPDA | Punjab | Corruption/Bribery | 1 x Invtg |
| 34 | Munawar Hussain | ADE PTCL | Punjab | Corruption/Bribery | 1 x Invtg |
| 35 | Muhammad Ashfaq Naz | Supdt PTCL | Punjab | Corruption/Bribery | 1 x Invtg |
| 36 | Mirza Saeed Ahmed | LS WAPDA | Punjab | Misuse of authority. Causing loss to govt exchequer (Rs 0.442). |
1 x Invtg |
| 37 | Akber Ali | Line Supdt | Punjab | 1 x Invtg | |
| 38 | Allah Wasaya | M/ Reader | Punjab | 1 x Invtg | |
| 40 | Hakim Din | NADRA office Kasur | Punjab | Issuance of forged NIC | 1 x Invtg |
| 41 | Sardar Ali | Clerk NADRA | Punjab | 1 x Invtg | |
| 42 | Nadir Khan | NADRA | Punjab | 1 x Invtg | |
| 43 | Naeem Uddin | UDC MEO Sialkot | Punjab | Misappropriation of Rs .71M through 37 treasury receipts | 1 x Invtg |
| 44 | Muhammad Hanif Ahmed Rahi | Former Assistant Audit Officer | Punjab | Raid trap case | 1 x Trail Case |
| 45 | Abu Zar Jaffari | Former Cameraman | Punjab | Misappropriation of Govt Funds | 2 x Invtgs |
| 46 | Hasham Bin Arshad | Former MNA | NAB HQ | Big Company PCO Corruption in 2008-2010 | 1 x Trail case |
References
[edit]- ^ 'Corrupt' politicians given a clean slate, The News International, 2007-10-06
- ^ "Pakistan court voids amnesty shielding Zardari allies". BBC. December 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ Pakistan court crackdown paralyzes government, The Globe and Mail, 2009-12-19