NAB arrests Balochistan finance secretary

Officials of the top accountability body also took into possession records of the provincial treasury office

QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday rounded up Balochistan’s Secretary Finance Mushtaq Raisani and several other officials from Quetta Civil Secretariat over allegations of corruption.

Officials of the top accountability body also seized records of the provincial treasury office for carrying out investigation in alleged corrupt practices of the accused.



This is not the first time NAB Balochistan has arrested government officials on charges of corruption.

In March, the accountability body had received Rs59 million from the former chairman of Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) Saadat Anwar and his facilitator Abdul Hakeem.

Anwar was accused of misusing his authority and causing huge loss to the national exchequer in a Doobandi Tuba Achakzai Road project in district Killa Abdullah of the province.

Following information about the alleged corrupt practices in the construction of the said project, NAB Balochistan conducted an inquiry and found that the connivance of BDA officials and contractors resulted in a loss of Rs196 million to the national exchequer.