Court extends Raisani’s remand in NAB custody again

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An accountability court in Quetta Tuesday (today).has handed over ex-Balochistan Finance Secretary Mushtaq Raisani and Accountant Khaliqabad Municipal Committee Nadeem Iqbal to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on another 14-day remand in the mega corruption case

Mushtaq Raisani has been sent on a 14-day remand for the fifth time and

Khaliqabad Municipal Committee’s accountant has been sent for the fourth time.

As accountability Court resumed the case hearing, Balochistan NAB requested to extend the remand of the accused by another 14 days.

Mushtaq Raisani was arrested from his office at Civil Secretariat after NAB officials raided his residence and recovered cash amounting to Rs 730 million and jewellery worth nearly Rs 40 million.

NAB officials confirmed the cash was found from a locker and 14 bags stuffed with local and foreign currencies.

Raisani, an Influential Bureaucrat in Balochistan, has served as Secretary Finance for the last few years. He served in the same position during the PPP government’s term.