KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau has arrested the chairman of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Housing Cell for allegedly embezzling funds worth millions of rupees in a low-cost housing scheme.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, NAB said that Manzar Abbas — the chairman and director technical drawing and disbursement officer of the Benazir Housing Cell — was allegedly involved in misappropriation of Rs367.593 million funds for low-cost housing scheme in Kashmore.

It said that the suspect issued fake calculation for issuance of illegal cheques to M/s Fiza Social Welfare Organisation against which funds were illegally released and misappropriated.

He will be produced before an accountability court to obtain his physical remand on Wednesday.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2015

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