NAB arrests two Sindh govt officials over illegal appointments

It said that it is for the first time in Sindh that a sitting secretary was arrested in Sindh

KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested secretary excise and taxation department and director anti-Corruption department for making illegal appointments in the minorities department officers. 

The anti-corruption body raided the offices of Secretary Excise and Taxation Department Badar Jamil Mandhro and Director Anti-Corruption Department Khadim Hussain Channa, Express News reported.

It said that it is for the first time in Sindh that a sitting secretary was arrested.

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According to NAB spokesperson, Mandhro, who was former director minorities affairs and Channa, was served as director minorities affairs recruited 26 officers illegally in the minorities’ affairs department.

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The spokesperson further said that NAB had been working on the case for a long and is still investigating the beneficiaries of the malpractice and corruption.