NRO Beneficiaries

The Government of Pakistan has released the list of National Reconciliation Ordinance aka NRO beneficiaries to the public. The list is not yet complete and the one available to media contains only 248 politicians and bureaucrats. Names of some of the NRO beneficiaries are given here for record.

1) Asif Ali Zardari - The beneficiary No 1 of the NRO. These cases included the alleged kickbacks from SGS PSI Company, grant of licence to ARY Gold causing huge loss to government, corruption in purchase of Ursus tractors under the Awami Tractor Scheme, illegal award of contract to Cotecna for pre-shipment, assets beyond means, received kickbacks from Sajjad Ahmad (late) ex-chairman Pakistan Steel Mills, illegal construction of Polo ground at PM House and the money laundering SGS Swiss case.

2) Nawaz Yousaf Talpur, ex-MNA and former minister, who was co-accused in URSUS tractors case;

3) Ms Nusrat Bhutto, assets case;

4) Ex-MNA and the PPP Secretary General Jehangir Badr, assets case and corruption in Sui Southern Gas Company;

5) Ex-minister for commerce and presently Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar, misuse of authority in issuing sugar export permit to non-entitled persons in 1994;

6)Ex-MNA Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Awan, embezzlement in Octroi contracts;

7) Ex-MNA Rana Nazir Ahmed, assets case and misuse of authority;

8) Ex-MPA Mian M Rashid, assets case and illegal appointments;

9) Ex-MPA Tariq Anees, assets beyond means;

10) Ex-MPA Mian Tariq Mehmood Dina, assets beyond means

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