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NAB arrests top government official over corruption charges

NAB arrests top government official over corruption charges

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau on Thursday arrested KarachiDevelopment Authority former director general Nasir Abbas from hisresidence in Clifton area of Karachi.

Abbas was earlier arrested by the anti-graft department on November 2, 2017in a raid conducted at the KDA office. He was released by the court on bailtwo days ago.

Sources have informed that Abbas has been arrested on new reference, fakeallotments in KDA on lands of Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Korangi areas. He is alsoaccused of fake allotment of the plots registered at Gulistan-e-JauharBlock 6.link>link>

The former KDA staffer was arrested in the raid conducted at 9pm. Abbas’relative Raza Abbas has also been taken under custody.

Earlier, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had also arrested Abbasover fraud charges. The arrest was made by the Anti-Human TraffickingCircle of the agency.

FIA sources said they had received a complaint from Azhar Hussain Kalwar,deputy assistant director regional of the Passport Office, Saddar, Karachi.