Times of Islamabad

NAB arrests key bureaucrat from Lahore over corruption charges

NAB arrests key bureaucrat from Lahore over corruption charges

Lahore: The National Accountability Bureau on Thursday arrested TrafficeEngineering & Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) Chief Engineer MazharHussain Khan and a co-accused in an assets beyond means case.

Khan, who had also served as LDA chief engineer, is facing charges ofmaking assets worth over Rs700 million.

While serving in the LDA, the suspect allegedly raised assets worth Rs500million in the name of his family members. He also allegedly transactedRs200 million to an account of his nephew.

The arrested bureaucrat has been accused of making assets in the name ofhis family members.

An investigation team of NAB has received records about transferring Rs230million to the bank accounts, held by family of Mazhar Hussain Khan.

The culprit is yet to provide sources of the assets.

It also surfaced during the investigation that the suspect holds multipleplots in LDA Avenue Society and property at different locations in Lahore.

NAB Lahore initiated investigation against the bureaucrat of 19 grade overalleged misappropriation last year.

Mazhar Hussin will be produced before an accountability court to get hisphysical remand.