ISLAMABAD – The federal government has arrested, registered FIR andsuspended a senior government official of grade 20 who was caught on camerastealing the wallet of an official of the Kuwaiti delegation.
The Kuwaiti delegation was in the country to attend the two-dayPakistan-Kuwait Joint Ministerial Commission meeting.
The head of the Kuwaiti delegation complained on Friday that he had losthis wallet, following which the CCTV footage of the room was inspected.
The Information minister Fawad Chaudhary said that government has suspendedthe official and instructed establishment division to investigate into thematter.
Shockingly, the footage showed Investment and Facilitation Joint Secretary,Zarar Haider Khan swiping the Kuwaiti official’s belongings, bringing shameto the whole nation.
Soon after the officer was caught red-handed, Economics Affairs Division(EAD) Secretary Ghazanfer Gilani instructed the officers concerned toregister an FIR against the 13th common DMG (now PAS) officer in the PSSecretariat Islamabad; the accused was later arrested and legal proceedingshave been initiated against him.