Assets beyond means: NAB summons principal secretary to CM Buzdar for probe

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar’s Principal Secretary Tahir Khursheed to probe assets beyond means, said to be of worth billions.

Tahir Khursheed is the officer who had turned an approver for NAB in the Ashiana Housing case against Shehbaz Sharif and senior bureaucrat Fawad Hassan Fawad. According to call up notice served on Tahir Khursheed (also known as ‘TK’ in bureaucratic circles) copy of which is available with The News, he has been asked to appear in person before the NAB Lahore on July 8 at 11 am.

The NAB has asked Tahir to bring details of inherited properties with complete record of movable and immovable properties held/owned/acquired/purchased/sold/disposed of by him and his family members.

He has been further asked to provide details of investments and shares owned by him and family members in different companies. The NAB has directed Khursheed to bring details of his tax records submitted to the FBR, asset declaration performas submitted to the department and details of bank accounts of his and his family members.

It has been alleged in complaint against Tahir that during his tenure as Secretary Transport, he made billions through illegal means, granting contracts to persons of his choice and sharing the amounts in profits and made assets much beyond his known source of income.

The sources in the bureau has informed that a regular investigation has been started against the bureaucrat and letters have been sent to FBR and other departments directing them to provide details of assets

Tahir Khursheed has served as Secretary C&W and Commissioner DG Khan in Buzdar government and now serving as Principal Secretary to the CM.