QUETTA: An accountability court Friday indicted Balochistan’s former finance secretary Mushtaq Raisani and former adviser to chief minister Balochistan for finance Mir Khalid Langove in the mega corruption scandal in Balochistan.
In the verdict announced by an accountability court, all five individuals accused of corruption including former secretary local government Abdul Basit, former secretary local board Faisal Jamal and contractor Suhail Majeed were found guilty.
The court rejected appeals filed by the indicted individuals’ respective legal counsels.
All accused individuals except Langove were in attendance at the hearing in Quetta. Raisani was unable to be in the courtroom due to his ailment.
Law enforcement agencies recovered Rs 650 million in cash and jewellery in a raid conducted at Raeesani’s residence in May last year.
The authorities uncovered evidence indicating the former secretary finance owned multiple residential properties in Defence Housing Authority, Karachi.
The former secretary local government Hafiz Abdul Basit and former secretary local board Faisal Jamal were granted temporary bail.
The court ordered NAB to ensure attendance of all the five individuals in the next hearing.
The court postponed the corruption case until March 22.
