Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought permission of Ministry of Interior to put the name of all officials of Exit Control List (ECL) involved in Rs 47 billion tax telecom scam.
The officials are mainly representing five telecom companies and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The bureau had also suggested that names of former FBR chief, Mumtaz Haider and top FBR employees be put on the ECL immediately.
NAB unearthed a whopping Rs 47 billion financial embezzlement a few weeks ago.
All mobile phone operators —Mobilink, Telenor,Ufone, Zong and Warid—including National Telecommunication Communication (NTC) have been involved in corruption of billion of rupees with the help of corrupt officials of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
NAB disclosed the details of the financial scam, saying five cellular companies of the country have been involved in massive tax evasion during last five years on interconnect charges, which was admitted by their officials before Chief Commissioner Large Tax Payers Unit that were supposed to deposit this tax.
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