PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) on Thursday arrested former provincial minister and provincial PPP information secretary Liaquat Shabab on the charge of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The suspect, who was the excise and taxation minister during the last provincial government, was taken into custody in Peshawar.

He will be produced before an ehtesab court today (Friday) to secure his physical custody.

The KPEC alleged that the suspect possessed both movable and immovable assets which were not in accordance with his income.

It claimed that the investigation team of Ehtesab Commission had received tangible evidence with respect to his accumulation of assets during his tenure as minister.

His assets allegedly include plots, houses, bank accounts, agriculture land, vehicles and unjustified bank transactions in his different bank accounts.

Recently, the suspect moved the Peshawar High Court with a request for restraining the Ehtesab commission from arresting him but the court rejected the plea and allowed the commission to continue with the inquiry without harassing him.

REMAND EXTENDED: A local Ehtesab court on Thursday extended physical custody of an assistant of social welfare department, Sardar Ali, to the Ehtesab commission for five days.

Ehtesab judge Subhan Sher Khan ordered production of the suspect on June 1. The man is suspected of receiving bribe from candidates for government jobs during the last provincial government.

Additional deputy prosecutor general Babar Irshad showed up along with the suspect and said the suspect was arrested on May 7 and investigation against him was still in progress for which the commission needed his further custody.

FRAUD SUSPECT ARRESTED: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday arrested Mohammad Yasir of Lower Dir over the alleged fraud in the garb of Mudaraba, Islamic mode of business, and looted millions of rupees from people.

In a news release, the NAB claimed that during inquiry, it was revealed that the suspect lured people to invest money in their fake Mudaraba business on the promise that they would be paid huge profit in return.

The suspect after few months not only stopped paying profits to the people but also refused to pay back the original investment and disappeared.

The NAB will produce the suspect before an accountability court today (Friday) for physical remand.

The NAB said anyone, who had any claim against the suspect, should submit the relevant documents to it without delay.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2015

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