NAB begins probe into fund embezzlement

By Our Correspondent
July 04, 2018

MANSEHRA: The National Accountability Bureau Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NAB KP) has started a probe into alleged embezzlements in development schemes worth over Rs5 billion here. A team, led by deputy director NAB KP, got record of health, education, electricity, roads and water supply schemes from Communication and Works Department.

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The schemes, which were executed in district during tenure of PML-N, were being checked by the NAB team, the sources said, adding, engineers and technical staff of C&W Department were also accompanying the team.

The NAB team, which visited Oghi, a tehsil of Mansehra and Torghar district last month, completed an inquiry into Rs4 billion embezzlement in development schemes executed from the funds of ex-MNA Captain (Retd) Mohammad Safdar Awan, the son-in-law of deposed PM.

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