PESHAWAR:The NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) KhyberPakhtunkhwa onMonday authorisedseveral inquiries against officials ofvariousgovernmentdepartments for alleged corruption and corrupt practices.

The inquiry was authorized at a Regional Board Meeting (RBM) chaired byFarmanullah Khan, Director General NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The meeting wasattended by directors, deputy prosecutor general, case officers and otherinvestigation officers concerned.

A per the official communiqué, the meeting authorized the inquiry againstthe officials of Culture Department for their alleged involvement inmisappropriation of funds in “Saqafat Ke Zinda Ameen” project. The regionalboard also authorized an inquiry against Pir Yousaf Shah, XEN IrrigationDepartment of Fata, now called tribal districts, for his allegedinvolvement of accumulation of huge assets worth millions of rupees.

The board authorized another inquiry against Muhammad Tariq, accountofficer, Khyber district, for alleged corruption and corrupt practices. Thesubject is alleged to have accumulated huge assets.The regional boardauthorised inquiry against officials of Forest and Transport Department(KP) for corruption and corrupt practice.