QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested another senior official of the Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) for his alleged involvement in embezzlement of public funds allocated for a road project.

According to official sources, Additional General Manager BDA Sheikh Muhammad Mehdi was arrested by a NAB team on Wednesday when his pre-arrest bail application was rejected by a court.

“Mr Mehdi was arrested for his alleged involvement in embezzlement of development funds to the tune of Rs196.837 million allocated for the Dobandi Toba Ahcakzai Road project,” said a NAB official. He said some other officials of the BDA were found involved in misappropriation of the government funds who had already been arrested by NAB.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2015

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