The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday arrested former chairman of the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) Ashraf Magsi over charges of corruption, local media reported.
According to NAB, Ashraf Magsi is accused of misuse of funds worth millions of rupees and recruiting incompetent officers above grade 17 in violation of merit.
Earlier in November 2014, the then Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai had removed Magsi from the post of Chairman of the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) over charges of irregularities and corruption.
A formal letter of termination was issued to the chairman by the governor after Balochistan High Court Judge Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan concluded the inquiry.
Two of Magsi’s daughters, who were working in grade 17 of the education department, were also sacked after their degrees were found to be fake by the NAB.
The development comes just three days after NAB Balochistan arrested the province’s financial secretary Mushtaq Raisani from his office at civil secretariat over corruption charges and subsequently recovered Rs730 million, jewellery worth nearly Rs40 million and a cache of foreign currencies from his residence.
The accused was later sent on 14-day physical remand by a local court.
Balochistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Director General (DG) Tariq Khan while talking to media on Saturday stated that the sum of cash recovered from the residence of Balochistan Finance Secretary Mushtaq Raisani is the largest in the country’s history.
He said that all records related to Raisani have been seized, adding that there are various angles to the case and that it shall surface new facts. He said that the record will be scrutinised and that all those involved in the case shall be curtailed.
Tariq Khan stated that the civil and military leadership in the province is on the same page against corruption, adding that corruption is mostly done through developmental projects.
He said that action was taken against Mushtaq Raisani after irrefutable evidence was obtained regarding his involvement in corruption. He stated that the operation was not a sudden one and that investigation was underway for one year but was kept secret.
Does this mean only angels live in Punjab? Punjab has the most corrupted culture which thrived in the last eight years.
Corruption is in the very DNA of Pakistan.
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