KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Tuesday raided the bank lockers belonging to Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and his family and recovered foreign currencies along with gold reserves.
Reportedly, a hefty sum of Saudi Riyals, UAE Dirhams, British Pounds and US Dollars were found in the lockers at a bank located in Defence’s Khayaban-e-Shamsheer area.
Riyals and Dirhams alone amounted to Rs.3 million. While US $4,400 and 4,200 pounds were also found in separate.
As per the documents provided by the anti-graft watchdog, gold items such as chains, rings, watches, bangles, bags, necklaces, medals and buttons were found during the raid.
The bureau arrested Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani from a hotel in Islamabad on February 20 in a case pertaining to the accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income.
Durrani was named in three inquiries in July 2017: accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income; illegal appointments of 352 appointees; the third allegation pertained to the embezzlement of funds for the construction of MPA’s Hostel and construction of new Sindh Assembly building, including the appointment of project directors for the said projects.