Pakistan

Public appeal: Man using NAB’s name arrested

The accused, Tariq Saleem Akbar, was blackmailing various government servants and departments for money

Press Release August 07, 2015

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has appealed citizens to inform them about any blackmail attempts following complaints received about fraudsters who blackmailed various government servants and departments using NAB’s name. One such man was arrested by the bureau on a tip-off during a raid in Karachi. The accused, Tariq Saleem Akbar, was blackmailing various government servants and departments for money, posing as a deputy director of NAB. A fake NAB identity card has also been seized from him, said the NAB Karachi spokesperson. NAB has also appealed to the general public to be cautious of such fraudulent persons and that any suspicious individual or groups using NAB’s name be reported to NAB at UAN-021-111-622-622, 99207778 and 99207787.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 8^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (2)

sheikh zahid | 9 years ago | Reply Actually several corrupt officers of NAB have their own private agents for blackmailing.But same time the purpose of having NAB agents is earn money for Corrupt Officer who are nasty spot of NAB department and looted money from innocence people and keep trying to trap them in any difficulty so that they dealt with them. i mean they are predators not protectors of our nation.Because the delinquency officers known well to drive a save and secure embezzlement due to misuse of authority.Now they are going to show that they are arresting to agents who used the NAB fake name....I requested to SC apex and Chairman Nab ask to agent which is captured who was directed with him from NAB.who provide and support him from NAB

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