Balochistan NAB ‘cracks’ mega corruption case

Succeeds in getting transferred illegally bought Karachi properties to provincial government


Mohammad Zafar February 15, 2018
Police escort former finance secretary Balochistan, Mushtaq Raisani out of an accountability court in Quetta on May 7, 2016. PHOTO: INP

QUETTA: With the efforts of Balochistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the mega corruption case, the ownership rights of properties illegally bought by former finance secretary Mushtaq Raisani have been transferred to the provincial government.

According to a statement released on Thursday, the anti-corruption watchdog, in collaboration with the Sindh government, has recovered properties worth Rs1.25 billion in Karachi.

NAB Investigation Officer Shoaib Sheikh said that all properties were on the names of residents belonging to remote areas of Balochistan.

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In May 2016, NAB officials raided Raisani’s office and formally placed him under arrest. They also raided his residence and seized Rs730 million in cash and jewellery worth nearly Rs40 million.

Further investigations revealed that the finance secretary also possessed valuable illegal properties in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority.

On the orders of NAB, a team, headed by its deputy director Mohammad Shoaib Sheikh, was formed for transferring all illegal properties in the finance secretary’s case to the Balochistan government.

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In 2017, the team, including Balochistan Finance Department Additional Secretary Ashaq Jamali, along with the Sindh government as well as Karachi DHA officials started working on transferring the registries of illegal properties to the Balochistan government.

The efforts of the NAB Balochistan investigation team bore fruit as the illegal properties have been transferred and handed over to the Balochistan government.

Raisani was taken into custody on May 6, 2016, three days later on May 9, NAB arrested government official Sohail Majeed for allegedly facilitating Raisani in his crimes. (Additional input by APP)

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