December 22, 2003	Monday	Shawwal 27, 1424

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GILGIT, Dec 21: A two-member team of the National Accountability Bureau has started investigations against the alleged irregularities and financial embezzlement in the newly established Karakoram International University, sources said.

They said that the NAB team had arrived to initiate probe into the purchase of various vehicles and items for the KIU and the recruitment of the staff.

The sources said that the NAB team had seized the financial record of the KIU and was scrutinizing various documents pertaining to appointments and purchase.

The sources said that KIU officials were also being interrogated.

However, a KIU source said that they had been cooperating with the investigation team and denied any charges of irregularities and financial embezzlement.

ARMS SEIZED: Police in an operation against anti-social elements on Saturday seized illegal arms and arrested four men.

Mohammad Faqir, Sattar, Sher Alam and Mohammad Noor were booked for keeping illegal arms.

Police officials said that they have also arrested two drug traffickers and seized 400 grams of charas from their possession.

CRACKDOWN: The Northern Areas public works department (power sector) has launched a massive campaign against the illegal users of the electricity.

An official of the PWD said that they had disconnected illegal connections of various government officials and hoped that within the next week they would also disconnect other connections which government officials and influential of the area were misusing.