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QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday recovered more than Rs730 million from the residence of Balochistan Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani, who was arrested earlier in the day.
Raisani has been accused of embezzling billions of rupees from local government development funds, a senior NAB official, who did not want to be named, told DawnNews.
NAB recovered bags filled with local and foreign currency from Raisani’s residence.
Sources told DawnNews that according to initial count around Rs730 million worth of currency and prize bonds have been recovered from the serving bureaucrat's residence.
Raisani was arrested during a a raid at his office in the civil secretariat on Friday.
The finance department was sealed during the raid while officials searched all rooms to sift through records, sources said, adding that records of the finance department were also seized for further investigation.
Raisani, an influential bureaucrat in Balochistan, has served as secretary finance for the last few years. He served in same position during the PPP government's term.
After a string of arrests in Sindh, this is the first high profile arrest made by the accountability body in Balochistan during the PML-N government's term as it seeks to unearth corruption worth billions of rupees in the provincial finance department's development funds.
"More arrests are likely after interrogation of the secretary," an official told DawnNews, seeking anonymity.
Raisani suspended, Langau resigns
After the episode, Balochistan government announced suspension of Mushtaq Raisani in a late night notification.The notification explains that the secretary finance was suspended following his arrest by National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Balochistan government spokesperson told media that the provincial government will fully co-operate with NAB during investigation against Raisani.
On the other hand, Advisor to Chief Minister on Finance, Khalid Langau has resigned from his post following Raisani’s arrest.
Mir Khalid Langau said that he is resigning for a man from his department is facing such grave allegations of corruption and foul play, which does not morally allow him to stay in his post.
He however clarified that he is not facing any inquiry nor has been any allegation levelled against him.
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May 06, 2016 01:12pm
Waiting for NAB to land arrests in Punjab...
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May 06, 2016 01:18pm
Well done NAB...keep it up
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May 06, 2016 01:18pm
We only get to hear about raids.
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May 06, 2016 01:27pm
@Arshad
I guess u didnt read or let un-noticed word "arrest"
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May 06, 2016 01:31pm
This is why Pakistan is way behind every other poor country. No health, no education, no security and all taxpayer's money stolen by these so called leaders. Let us see what happens to him!.
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May 06, 2016 02:13pm
Obviously this FS was not the only one who was embezzling funds there must be other people whom he has been collaborating and must be arrested.
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May 06, 2016 02:27pm
too late but good action.
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May 06, 2016 02:40pm
Accountability across the board. Excellent.
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May 06, 2016 03:25pm
Plz, i request the NAB to take action agains all and sundry
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May 06, 2016 03:42pm
Guys, NAB ACTION is just to keep the alive. After Nov, 2016 when COAS Gen Raheel term end all high profile cases will be put in cold storage. Ex CM Mr Raisin was more corrupt than the arrested F'S, why he is still free ?
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May 06, 2016 04:03pm
Good make these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats an example in this country.
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May 06, 2016 04:26pm
Mr. Raisani was considered a man of principles and integrity. That is why he was kept in the same position for the last several years. How his corruption unveiled is unbelievable. Better to take him to task if the charges against him are based on facts and evidences and no NAB grudge or bias is involved in it.
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May 06, 2016 04:28pm
This shows every body is working for self interest. Nobody is working for the country. In such a situation, the system might fall.
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May 06, 2016 04:41pm
NAB, the lonely brave fighting the indomitable crooks ! Keep it up with God's speed!
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May 06, 2016 06:41pm
Time to punsh the real culprits .. Enough of looting and plunder.. Must stop now. Good job NAB.
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May 06, 2016 10:19pm
Good job done by NAB.
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May 06, 2016 10:32pm
In Dr Asim case corruption charges of 460 billion rupees and this one is 730 million rupees. If we start scratching further in other province pretty sure we will find few more billions. Public universities and hospitals do not have funds to pay the salaries of their employees. All I can say God save Pakistan from these corrupt people.
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May 06, 2016 10:34pm
Punjab politicians & bureaucrats are not naïve, they have loot safely stashed in offshore accounts
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May 06, 2016 10:36pm
Then they will blame people from other provinces foe their misery. This guy us educated and has the opportunity to turn around things for his people
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May 06, 2016 10:50pm
What's the point if is going to be released pretty soon
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May 06, 2016 10:50pm
What!! 730 million rupees in cash!!! I wonder what his offshore companies are worth. Plus he is not a big fish so how much would they have!
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May 06, 2016 10:54pm
When NAB is going to arrest white elephants in Punjab?They are everywhere and when they are discovered Democracy will be endangered.
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May 06, 2016 11:19pm
Good job NAB..... but waiting for some arrests from Punjab or there is no corruption at all..?
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May 06, 2016 11:26pm
All credit to the government and law enforcement agencies
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May 06, 2016 11:33pm
This is what has been going on in Sindh as well. Development funds in the Billions are being siphoned off through various means and properties bought all over the world. Sukkhur has been allotted nearly 100B ruppees in the last some years, where dust flies around on the streets. Karachi has been systematically turned into a big slum, and 100s of Billions unaccounted for. In interior Sindh and in Balochistan, kids sit in the baking sun in their schools with no roofs.
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May 06, 2016 11:37pm
@GAK Wazir We should stop questioning the integrity of the system "if charges are correct". These swindlers have to be taken to task - so far the system has done nothing other than catch a few and let them out the back door. Those caught with loads of money in their homes and at the airports are being treated as royalty - "Enough is enough".
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May 06, 2016 11:38pm
That's a lot of money and that makes the whole thing doubtful.
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May 06, 2016 11:37pm
Good work by NAB.......lets hope they go after the real BIG FISH.
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May 06, 2016 11:46pm
This is all a show for the public that NAB is doing something. A smoke screen to stop accountability drive to reach the PM. A few sacrifices will be made.
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May 06, 2016 11:55pm
OMG. The biggest robbery of Pakistan ever recovered.
Congratulations to NAB. Great job.
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May 06, 2016 11:57pm
Put that minister in jail for long time to let wannabe corrupt.
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May 07, 2016 12:00am
This is severe injustice on behalf of a newspaper website that this news is not the 1st news on homepage. Do you think that its normal that a high level bureaucrat gets arrested in corruption charges. Bureaucrats do the dirty job for politicians. If investigated fairly I am sure other names will come out as well. A bureaucrat can't have done it all alone.
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May 07, 2016 12:07am
The cat is out of the bag.He may be a grade 20 government official.Please check residences of SHOs and you will find millions of Rupees in each residence.
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May 07, 2016 12:15am
Excellent job by NAB but we hope it gets down in Punjab too with the same zest and soon without any further delay.
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May 07, 2016 12:25am
Well done NAB ...
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May 07, 2016 12:40am
God Almighty, stolen cash cash and yet more cash from the Baloch development funds - how greedy, unethical and a total lack of compassion for the Baloch people, so shameless. There should be absolutely no place for such criminals, starting from the top.. IK is so right, unless cleansed at the top, how can an example be made for change???
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May 07, 2016 12:42am
@FB I suppose Rewind would be a good place to start
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May 07, 2016 12:49am
And the government goes around looking for loans, which is stashed in residences of public officials.
Hundreds of millions in one residence? I am beginning to think hundreds of billions stolen and is transferred abroad. I know some Pakistani ministers who own 20-30 story towers in Dubai, worth $40-60 million each. Does any government job pays that much? Nowhere in the world. Not even Emiratees earn that much in government positions in their entire lives.
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May 07, 2016 12:49am
Well done NAB! When will you arrest the corrupt people/ministers in Punjab? Are you afraid of PMLN??
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May 07, 2016 12:53am
@GAK Wazir what do you consider these bags full of money ? We're these kept at his house for safe keeping by the people since he was a man of integrity or the local banks vault was less safer then his house or you think due to grudge NAB brought this money with them to find as evidence ?
I hope the whole ring is caught as this man could not just loot this money all by himself and no one else was knowing about it this must just be his share.
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May 07, 2016 12:56am
There's no such thing as an 'honest public official' in Pakistan.
Most of these people get these jobs through political connections, yet do nothing, but get rich through loot and plunder, and appear pious and honest in Pakistan. Yet travel abroad frequently and enjoy a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of poor public.
I have nothing but utter contempt for their ilk!
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May 07, 2016 01:20am
This is revolting. It seems like he looted several banks. It is incumbent to track the source of the money and how he stole it. The money appears to have come directly from a bank. It is not a random act but appears to be institutionalized plunder. This is probably the tip of the iceberg. Fortunately he was dumb enough to keep it in plain view. It is a testament to his sense of invincibility. Such criminals should face the harshest punishment and should as deterrence for others. No wonder the dispossessed are languishing in miserly and despair while the privileged are storing their wealth both domestically and internationally. Dare we request our honorable PM to crack down on corruption by personal example.
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May 07, 2016 01:23am
Fact is that, if NAB becomes honest, start raiding top 500 bureaucrats (past and present) and 200 politicians (past and present) who held (or ever held) top public offices (including current politicians who are ministers, CM and PM) than they would recover enough looted and plundered wealth that if used to pay debt and uplift life of ordinary Pakistanis, than Pakistan would have no debt and would have enough hospitals, roads and schools plus huge supply of medicine for needy, that most Pakistanis would start living decent life and there were be a lot of resources left over.
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May 07, 2016 01:23am
NAB please raid all the big in the country.
Distribute the money to the poor or spend on clean water, education and health for the public.
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May 07, 2016 01:27am
'Mir Khalid Langau said that he is resigning for a man from his department is facing such grave allegations of corruption and foul play, which does not morally allow him to stay in his post.'
Right! as if he discovered it now..............
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May 07, 2016 01:28am
That is where Balochistan's development funds go
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May 07, 2016 01:32am
Good work NAB, how about Federal Finance and investigating other key projects such as CPEC, Metros and Motorways for corruption?
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May 07, 2016 01:32am
There are many times bigger fishes in Punjab but all their money is offshore and they don't own property in Pakistan. These politicians have really set worst examples of corruption and greed. They are the enemy number one of Pakistan.
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May 07, 2016 01:38am
Corruption is the root cause of every major issue faced by Pakistan.
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May 07, 2016 01:39am
What if he were PM. No one could havw touched him. Why our institutions, our people are silent and not asking Nawaz Sharif to resign. Why even COAS is not taking action. from Adelaide Australia
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May 07, 2016 01:43am
We should go to people like Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani to get loans instead of going to the IMF or World bank.
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May 07, 2016 01:46am
Good hopefully this would change things. People caught for such acts should not be allowed to be part the government on all levels federal and provincial municipal etc.Their relatives and a least 4 upcoming generations should be barred from any positions in the country. We must have a book of shame with names written of such politicians and displayed in the museums. Sad that we elect such people. I am hopefull that these funds will be returned to the province after the investigation and are directed towards their intended use.
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May 07, 2016 01:55am
Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) and its Chairman Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik demands death penalty for such a corrupt bureaucrat like Balochistan Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani who plundered so much wealth and money of the poorest country like ours. This corruption of Raisani Leaks is not less than Panama Leaks of our country. We should follow Communist China where corrupt peoples are punished with death penalty.
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May 07, 2016 02:02am
NAB now lets raid in PM house and his family house, I am sure you will plenty of questionable items there. Do not stop there, start searching all the government individuals because they all are guilty of such crimes. No the people of pakistan, can you imagine how much money has been looted from us, can you just imagine the scope of it. Combine together we will be free of our debts and self sufficient where we won't be begging for more money like our corrupt government does. Tell me how there is a shortfall of anything in our country if we have such a large amount of money looted by just one individual. JAGOO PAKISTAN JAGOO
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May 07, 2016 02:15am
Waoh lot of money.
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May 07, 2016 02:16am
Tip of the iceberg what about the pm and rest of our ministers?
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May 07, 2016 02:16am
Please don't derail democracy.
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May 07, 2016 02:16am
These are not just the money, these are the tears of all those poor people who are dying with hunger, those mothers who kill their own children due to poverty. You corrupt politicians the day is near don't forget the judgment day.
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May 07, 2016 02:19am
Two unfair things in his story:
1) why arrest him when others who did corruption from 1947 have not been arrested. (PMLN point of view.
2) Why should his boss resign on moral grounds. His family was not even involved and there is no precedence in our history. (Again PMLN point of view)
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May 07, 2016 02:24am
This money belongs to his 10 year old son, you need a judicial commission to prove.
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May 07, 2016 02:37am
Part funding for F-16 deals arranged for by NAB
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May 07, 2016 02:45am
The amount involved is mind blowing. Goodness!
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May 07, 2016 02:46am
Nawaz Sharif goes free!
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May 07, 2016 02:50am
How come he kept all this cash in his own office. Any one who is corrupt will not do this type ov stupidity.
There is some thing fishy in this news which is incomplete .
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May 07, 2016 03:03am
@Ishrat salim I understand that criticism is good but please learn to appreciate something good too. This is a common problem with us, we don't know how to appreciate, just criticize and always find negatives.
They will get who ever they can put their hands on in terms if having evidence, isn't this better then not going after anybody as the practice have been in the past few decades, I hope you agree.
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May 07, 2016 03:25am
The province needs to elect better people no more can center be blamed
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May 07, 2016 04:01am
He is just the bagman for the rest of them.
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May 07, 2016 04:07am
Just imagine how much money is to be found in bigger provinces
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May 07, 2016 04:12am
NAB should also go after NS who has billions.
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May 07, 2016 04:35am
They should do these to all political leaders before this ramzan start and raid political leaders in punjab and do a full investigation and give them life sentence with out parole
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May 07, 2016 04:36am
Record beaten a former East Panja.b Chairman Services selection Board was arrested and only IRS 120 millions were recovered from lockers he was political appointee now serving his jail term, it also reminds me of former Coomunication Minister Sukh Ram from whose house CBI recovered IRS 30 Million cash who said I don,t know who kept the money in my house, well done NAB and congratulations Pakistan you left behind India .
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May 07, 2016 04:42am
Heisenberg got nabbed!!! Jessie, better call Saul.
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May 07, 2016 04:47am
Who is crook and who is innocent time will tell, until than all is well. Balley Balley.
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May 07, 2016 04:48am
Disgusting if you want to be rich so badly.
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May 07, 2016 04:56am
After watching the above clip, its a tip of an iceburg of a mere bureaucrat looting, hard to imagine how much money their top Leaders would have stashed. Our hard earned Tax payers money!!!
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May 07, 2016 05:02am
Time for NAB to nab the Prime Minister. Bravo
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May 07, 2016 06:01am
On behalf of the people of Balochistan, Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani had kept this money at his home for safe keeping!
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May 07, 2016 06:03am
Secretary Khazana has a khazana at his home ! Public money made private money !
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May 07, 2016 06:08am
Now you wonder why there is no development.
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May 07, 2016 06:27am
Oh my dear God!!!
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May 07, 2016 07:07am
Welldone!!!! Nab should start whatsaap service like ragers they will get more leads..
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May 07, 2016 07:10am
@Syed Husain Totally agree with you. In his position I would do the same. I trust myself with other people's money.
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May 07, 2016 07:22am
@Khalid I don't think so, just Google the amount of money involved in corruption scandals of the Indian government from 2006 to 2014. This guy would be like a candle light going up against the storm.
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May 07, 2016 07:30am
This is great, NAB has done an exceptional job. Most of the members of Parliament in Balochistan are corrupt and they are too iterate to hide them abroad or invest an any offshore. NAB should stretch these arrests and make sure everyone gets the taste. Khalid Langov served as advisor to chief minister but his powers were the same as minister of finance, he resigned simply because he is panicked, NAB should capitalise on it and get these culprits. They have caused enough wounds to Balochistan
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May 07, 2016 07:47am
They also confiscated three currency counting machines, which are going non-stop for the last eleven hours. These corrupt Govt. employees are using terrorism as front-wall and stealing from these poor people.
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May 07, 2016 07:53am
Any progress NAB with regard to corrupt Punjab govt members?Especially PM and CM and their families?
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May 07, 2016 07:56am
Please continue the same elsewhere in Pakistan. What about the mega corruption scandals
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May 07, 2016 08:12am
@Syed Husain Yes probably he tried to save it from Zardari or may from Shareaf brothers !
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May 07, 2016 08:12am
Probably working as state bank of Pakistan !
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May 07, 2016 08:16am
$ 7.3 million just one bureaucrat just one recovered
Guess what the rest are doing
and Pakistan is begging for 2000 millions annual aid of America in coalition support fund
DO you think Nawaz sharif can do or stop this
Punajab has to change or
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May 07, 2016 08:14am
People are hoarding up money as they will never die ." Samaan soh baras ka , pal ki ghabar nahi "
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May 07, 2016 08:36am
This is a tip of an ice berg. There is need for NAB to deeply probe and investigate the trail of money,as to where is the remaining part is kept,and who are the remaining collaboraters involved.The guy already in custody will open his mouth during remand.Similiarly NAB Sindh must also nab the mega corrupts in Sindh,most of the corrupts are in Dubai,their red warrants be initiated ASAP and brought back for probe.Pakistan could not afford delay in nabbing such corrupts,delays will give them an opportunity to transfer and hide the booty.NAB must accelerate their operations .BTW Congrats to NAB Balochistan for recovering such a huge amount in the history of Pakistan from culprit.
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May 07, 2016 08:43am
Check up your Secretary Finance, Waqar Masud, appointed by & still serving , since Zardari/Benazir time.
Good luck
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May 07, 2016 08:42am
Some political party/politicians will come forward and say that this is a conspiracy against Democracy. This is the reason why Baluchistan is suffering and people there generally consider that they are deprived of their legitimate rights.
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May 07, 2016 09:08am
Just imagine that if this has happened in case of one individual, how much of funds would have been illegally set aside by all politicians, corrupt organisations and other bodies. If all this illegal money is recovered and channelled properly we may get able to meet our expenses with no further borrowings.
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May 07, 2016 09:08am
Sindh Government officials are also embezzeling funds of Local governments in the absence of sidelined elected members specially in Karachi.Sindh corruption is multiple times bigger than Balochistan.Instead of arresting Aftab Ahmad and torturing please arrest the corrupt government officials of Sindh if we want Pakistan to rise.
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May 07, 2016 09:52am
Your beaurocrats and political leaders embezzle all money and then they teach to blame India when locals unrest
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May 07, 2016 09:54am
Why NAB does not take any action in PUNJAB???
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May 07, 2016 10:29am
He should be asked to name where this money came from. How much from embezzlement and how much from bribes? He should then be asked to provide names or who paid for what favors and or illegal projects. The circle needs to be closed.for every corrupt official there has to be someone who is willing to pay off. If this FS was corrupt the next one in his place will also get tempted and most likely go down the same path. Both corrupt officers and people offering to pay these folks also need to face the music.
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May 07, 2016 10:42am
Nab should raid those bank whos stamps are on the packets to dig deep down
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May 07, 2016 10:45am
Tip of the Ice Berg. The problem in Pakistan is, the connected and powerful are eating everything for themselves and not giving anything to the rest of the people, this is not fair.
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May 07, 2016 10:44am
NAB is corrupt too
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May 07, 2016 10:46am
@Khalid Nothing will happen. Bail and out of the country like Asif Zardari.
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May 07, 2016 10:49am
While PMLN and PPP vigorously trying to curb NAB powers and even disband this organization.Unfortunately both are mainstream parties of Pakistan.
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May 07, 2016 11:04am
Poor guy wasn't sophisticated like the ones in Punjab who manage to send their loot overseas without impunity. Waiting for the audit for the mega projects like metro bus and likes to Come to light. Wishful thinking tho!
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May 07, 2016 11:19am
@eNTHUSIATIC I guess justice has been delivered once the word "arrest" is used......nothing left to do after "arresting".......
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May 07, 2016 11:27am
Wel-done NAB.
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May 07, 2016 11:30am
Do you think we will know the end result of of this raid and arrest? Possible, because he is from Balochistan. NAB has never found any case in Punjab or at Federal level. Wallah Alam.
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May 07, 2016 11:39am
Then they will blame people from other provinces are exploiting them while this educated lot is upto stealing the money from local population
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May 07, 2016 11:38am
What about Chief minister and minister of finance ? There involvement cannot be ruled out..
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May 07, 2016 11:41am
Great work by NAB. We need to root corruption from all over Pakistan. The evil of corruption is worse than terrorism. It is killing us slowly but surely. We should have no mercy for corrupt people no matter how high they are
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May 07, 2016 11:47am
That's where much of foreign aid ends up? In some cardboard boxes in a minister's home? And he's the 'Finance Minister'? No doubt one who has no qualifications; holds a fake degree and was appointed through political favoritism.
Disgraceful!
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May 07, 2016 11:49am
This Recovered amount of money should be distributed among the people of the balochistan district, so they can start up their small business set up to feed their families. because if this amount is submitted in govt fund this would not directly benefit the people. i.e, paisa after falling from Sky would hang into khajoor.
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May 07, 2016 11:54am
Good job done by NAB....This is a country where money grows in the powerfuls bags..they don't pay taxes...they are involved in money laundering. .they siphoned out money to other countries,,,,whereas poor pays taxes,and face lack of medical facilities..Army chief now seems to be the only saviour. .
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May 07, 2016 12:06pm
How many more like this need to be cleaned up in Pakistan?
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May 07, 2016 12:13pm
so far no arrests in punjab, a mystery too
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May 07, 2016 12:15pm
@M.Arif
the amount was not in his office but his home.
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May 07, 2016 12:23pm
Have these people forgotten that they are going to die one day? No wonder we witnessed so much destruction in Baluchistan.
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May 07, 2016 12:28pm
So much money!!! I want a Govt job too!!! Any one?!!
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May 07, 2016 12:30pm
Good work. Please do it across the board.
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May 07, 2016 12:31pm
Good one
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May 07, 2016 12:35pm
This was all legitimate money. He has coal mines. Occasionally he used to get diamond. Alhumdullah. Both are carbon products. As Balochistan has tax incentives so there was never a need to declare them. All legal. All by the book. So why all this fuss.
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May 07, 2016 12:40pm
If only NAB could do the same in Islamabad. Still, arresting a serving bureaucrat is something we dont see everyday, so good job. But please dont stop.
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May 07, 2016 12:46pm
@Life My point exactly, a man who is so clever that he was stealing loads of tax payers money without even coming close to the radar is not likely to be foolish enough to stack em all up in his own house. You have banks lockers for that
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May 07, 2016 12:49pm
This is one of the reasons why development in Balochistan is extremely slow. How can poverty leave the poor if the funds provided for relief & development is stored in the cellars of the bosses, this is just one case discovered God alone knows how many houses of the corrupt government officers, ministers etc. are having such cellars full of looted money throughout Pakistan. This corrupt person must be cursing himself for not establishing an offshore company in Panama or maybe he tried but could not meet the minimum money requirement to establish such offshore company.
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May 07, 2016 12:59pm
Well Done NAB
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May 07, 2016 01:02pm
Well Done NAB
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May 07, 2016 01:06pm
Is the currency real?
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May 07, 2016 01:14pm
further raids should be conducted on all the ministers homes in every city/province, surely NAB will recover millions.
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May 07, 2016 01:21pm
Of course there will never be any action against corrupt officers and politicians of Punjab.
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May 07, 2016 01:48pm
@Syed Waqar Ali it will fail the leaders the defenders of democracy will be living a life of luxury in another country
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May 07, 2016 01:49pm
Every penny he have has to be accounted how he managed to get it and returned to the treasury. Its time to clean Pakistan.
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May 07, 2016 01:58pm
ATC please.
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May 07, 2016 02:21pm
Thankyou Raheel Shareef!
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May 07, 2016 02:23pm
Man's greed knows no bounds! He had stashed so much cash, that he had to resort to cardboard boxes rather than a safe!! I guess no safe was big enough to handle this much loot!?
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May 07, 2016 02:24pm
The poor guy could have opened Off-Shore Company like MNS!
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May 07, 2016 02:32pm
NAB has done a good job and they should put hand on each and every influential person including Prime Minister,Ministers,Zardari ,Jahangir Tareen,Pervez Ellahi,Monas Elahi.I mean to say all politicians,bureaucrats,Anchor persons of Media.At the end I will once again say well done NAB .KEEP IT UP
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May 07, 2016 02:37pm
These people don't belong in positions of responsibility, they belong in jail!
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May 07, 2016 02:39pm
Well done... at last something concrete is done... looking forward to the expansion of the scale of operation
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May 07, 2016 02:51pm
This is why Imran Khan keeps 'crying' over corruption.
This is what a smalltime fish (thug) has in his house casually. Imagine the scale of corruption by the big fish..
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May 07, 2016 03:03pm
@M.Arif the amount was recovered from his home
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May 07, 2016 03:23pm
@ak
dear, if he had wanted to keep it in lockers; he would have needed lockers of all banks in quetta city.
the whole room was full of currency. cartons, plastic boxes, suitcases, beauty box and even ja namaz had bundles.
and this is just tip of ice berg coz this amount was at home, most likely, as the secy did not get time to dispose it off to some safe place.
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May 07, 2016 03:25pm
Too easy to steal public money.
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May 07, 2016 03:26pm
@An Observer well, even if it was so, it is good for ppl of balochistan.
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May 07, 2016 03:29pm
Seems like every Pakistani leader's main objective is to loot the country and send their family abroad. These corrupt people are not after small change, they are looting in millions and billions. This money belongs to the people of Pakistan for their education and well being. So very sad !. How is Pakistan going to deal with corruption when the PM himself is under investigation?. India is very lucky to have a non corrupt PM in Modi. Pakistan needs such non corrupt people in the leadership.
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May 07, 2016 03:36pm
This guy must be crazy, had all that loot in his home? Please no plea bargain now. Make an ugly example of him, so that it puts the fear of God in all other corrupt elements in government.
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May 07, 2016 05:05pm
I can't say a word!
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May 07, 2016 06:03pm
@JS than i suppose u knw all the procedures adopted by NAB after arrest?
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May 07, 2016 06:35pm
By propagating this news NAB has alerted all others. Now 100 times this amount will reach safe heavens.
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May 07, 2016 09:04pm
@Irfan Hasan do you want a cut out of it and prove that it was monopoly money?
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May 07, 2016 09:22pm
@Ishrat salim Be optimistic. May be the next COAS will be even more proactive
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May 08, 2016 08:15am
So the NAB knows where to hit where is target, hope NAB goes smoothly without any other controversy. (love RAHIL SHARIF)
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May 08, 2016 08:41am
@Tamil Guru India has its own many problems which Pakistan has not yet faced !
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May 08, 2016 09:43am
NAB should go for the big fish instead of harassing an honest bureaucrat. This petty cash he was keeping in his house to cover his day to day expenses. I hope NAB won't lay their dirty hands on his hard earned money he donated to poor middle eastern and western countries.
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May 08, 2016 09:49am
@Nazir so was sarjeel memon ... they all are above law unless someone wants something in return
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May 08, 2016 10:57am
good show of ethics by finance minister.....
we must bring in this culture of accountability.
how was one civil servant able to pull together 7.6 billion dollars in a country that has less than 1 billion dollars allocated for education per anum (2014-15 budget).
The money stolen from the government could have been used to multiply expenditure on schools/ colleges by almost 8 times!!
some serious questions need to be asked off the ex chief minister.
well done NAB
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May 08, 2016 11:57am
What a silly person he should have set up an offshore account and then use a shell company from Panama to hide ownership of the accounts. It’s really simple just ask the PM. To be extra safe put accounts in kids name.
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May 08, 2016 12:16pm
This is the reason why Balochistan is not progressing and at the end of the day everybody blames the center. The care taker of the funds given to the Province are robbing money and blaming other provinces for eating their rights. If we need Balochistan as a prosperous unit as others are then we need to take stringent actions to finish this menace once for all.
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May 08, 2016 12:24pm
stop HUNDI today and all will be fine .
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May 08, 2016 12:35pm
If an official from Balochistan can have 730m stashed at his some, just imagine officials from K-P, Sindh, or Punjab will have.
And this is just one person...so much money could be recovered for spending on education and health
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May 08, 2016 03:01pm
He had no fear of the law that is why he kept the money at home.
I always said that few high government officials were taking most of the budget and sepending very little on the punlic
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May 08, 2016 03:12pm
Great job NAB. God knows how many more are there hiding the state's money at their residences. Bring them all to justice. I can't imagine how long this has been going on.
There are many Mushtaq Raisani in Pakistan who have stolen billions of rupees from pak government. About time to catch each and everyone of them. and punish them!
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May 08, 2016 03:44pm
you would find so many of these in Balochistan that are depriving the innocent citizens of the province of their right to public goods. Nab keep up the good work and enhance your activity in Balochistan especially the development projects funded by government are to be closely looked into.
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May 08, 2016 05:46pm
Following in the footsteps of the leader. There are many many ordinary unemployed NRP in other countries living in nice homes and driving expensive vehicles.
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May 08, 2016 06:39pm
I hope, someday, NAB doesn't join their ranks. After all we live in Pakistan, the land of the 'Pure'. To recover all stolen money from these crooks and use it for health and education of the needy is a just a fantasy.
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May 09, 2016 12:16am
Another face of corruption.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:01am
Corruption is the 2nd largest cause of debt ridden pakistan ,first is ofcourse the export deficit and military expenditure,which is useless.
Just control both these things,and u will see a developed pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:02am
Check the corruption,to strengthen the economy of Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:03am
Corruption should be controlled in Pakistan,as the country is already Debt ridden.
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