PESHAWAR – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Paktunkwa(KP)allowed an inquiry into alleged corruption by officers of variousdepartments of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government.

NAB KP Director General Farmanullah Khan, during a meeting of NAB KP,approved an inquiry against officials of the provincial administrationdepartment for their alleged role in corruption worth millions of rupees inthe KP House, Islamabad.

According to a NAB officials, an inquiry was also ordered against officialsof the Public Works Department and Peshawar Electric Supply Company fortheir alleged role in doling out illegal contracts for the NA-8constituency.

Moreover, an inquiry was ordered against the tehsil municipaladministration over the award of an illegal contract for establishing afruit market.

Similarly, the NAB regional board ordered a probe against the tourismdepartment over alleged corruption in the Kamal Area Project as well asagainst the illegal cutting of trees in Chitral.