LAHORE – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has raided Punjab governmentoffice and arrested an officer over allegations of corruption.
As per the media report, NAB raided Punjab Food Directorate and arrestedDeputy Director Budget & Accounts on the charges of corrupt practices.
As soon as a raiding team of NAB reached provincial Food Directorate in theafternoon, fear and panic gripped government employees when they came toknow about the presence of raiding team. Consequently, sources claimed thatsome senior officials deemed it appropriate to frantically left offices ina hurry.
The Food Directorate is headed by Director, who is overall in-charge ofwheat operation in the province. He is assisted by Deputy Director Food(Budget & Accounts) and Deputy Director (Food Directorate). Among otherofficials, Additional Director Food also sits here on the same premises.
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The Food Directorate is tasked with chief supervisory role and director isthe competent authority in the capacity of head of the attached departmentmainly monitoring the operations of procuring, storing & sale of wheat /wheat products, ensuring food security in the province.
