NAB arrests former Balochistan minister for embezzlement

E-Paper | May 02, 2026

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested former Balochistan food minister Asfandyar Kakar on charges of embezzlement.

NAB officials arrested Kakar ─ who is suspected of misappropriating assets from the province's wheat quota ─ after the rejection of his bail application in the Balochistan High Court (BHC) today. The anti-corruption body also arrested a former deputy director food Balochistan in connection with the case.

NAB accused the former minister and former deputy director of inflicting financial losses of over Rs2 billion to the national exchequer.

Nearly three years ago, NAB had filed three references against the accused former food minister regarding missing of 256,000 bags of 100 kilogrammes of wheat from a store in Pishin.

The former minister was shifted to the regional NAB headquarter amid tight security from BHC premises.

The accountability court had already issued warrants for Kakar's arrest and the accused had approached the BHC to seek bail.

Kakar had served as a food minister in the provincial cabinet of former chief minister Nawab Aslam Raisani.

He was elected on the ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Pishin district of Balochistan.

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Syed Ali Shah is DawnNews' Quetta bureau chief.

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Alien

Mar 01, 2017 05:23pm

We only see that NAB arrested this and that what happens afterwords NAB fills their own pockets and let the person go and live their life .....

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Ahmed bin Babar

Mar 01, 2017 05:36pm

When sons of the soil hit their own people & province then it becomes less important to point fingers on others...

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Samir Lone

Mar 01, 2017 06:00pm

Good. I don't know why Balochistan always has the most corrupt officials.

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M.Saeed

Mar 01, 2017 06:06pm

I bet if probed, not a single minister of Federal and state governments as well as the members of the houses, would be free from such embezzlements.

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SadFaces

Mar 01, 2017 06:11pm

@Samir Lone Baluchistan has been a dream come true for anyone who have occupied any position there. Please note that the province is ripe with all types of smuggling that no media is able to cover. This is also due to the fact that the people above us provide shade to these operations

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Mar 01, 2017 06:19pm

Punjab get the lion share of resources yet we don't see any such actions there!!

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nuzhat shireen

Mar 01, 2017 06:24pm

NB should remember that ruler of this country has money laundering case against him . NAB helped him. NAB has no moral ground to arrest any body in corruption case now.

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Rashid

Mar 01, 2017 06:38pm

Mr. NAB, why no action against PM & Co.

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ABE

Mar 01, 2017 06:41pm

Why focus only on Baluchistan? There are bigger fish to catch in Punjab too.

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Hasnain

Mar 01, 2017 06:46pm

Why only Baluchistan and Karachi.Is every one in Sind and Punjab is Angel.What about Awsis Afzal Tappi,Faryal Talpur,QaimAli Shah and A slam Raisani.

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Mar 01, 2017 07:06pm

It looks like he was doing corruption alone hidden from NAB and totally neglected NAB as a copartner.

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Javed qamer USA

Mar 01, 2017 07:49pm

Please send this criminal to jail for life.

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Ali

Mar 01, 2017 08:20pm

Excellent. Another politician arrested for corruption. The courts must now serve justice by speedy prosecution, and not get bogged down in trivialities which defeats dispensation of justice. Exemplary punishment must be given so others don't think of corruption, which was destroying the country. No politician can be above the law.

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khalid Yousafzai (UK)

Mar 01, 2017 08:30pm

its a game of one MICKEY MOUSE and CATS. So what's next. He is too small fish that's why he is unfortunately caught

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JAMIL SOOMRO, NEW YORK CITY

Mar 01, 2017 09:01pm

NAB should be made the most powerful Bureau in Pakistan to eradicate all the Private and Govt.money vices in Pakistan.

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my Comments

Mar 01, 2017 09:06pm

Easy money? Easy come, easy go. Money money money, sweater than honey. More money, more money, more money.

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muhammad dar

Mar 01, 2017 09:19pm

Non of them politicians are honest, if Primer minster is corrupt how the others can be honest. It's not only Primer minister his whole family is corrupt and money launder. How could be possible that others do not do corruption. If head of sate is corrupt then others follow.

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rashid nasim

Mar 01, 2017 09:45pm

I love Pakistan for this reason, where powerful people caught red handed with boatload of looted money, in his own house and have no answers to where and why and he is free to go. These guys are so corrupt that they no longer believe that cheating is bad, actually they think that it will be dishonesty if they are not allowed to loot public money, they think it is their right. We need Khomini type leader in this country to fix it once for all.

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Saif Zulfiqar

Mar 01, 2017 09:54pm

NAB should transfer these type of cases to military courts.

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Mar 01, 2017 10:29pm

Selective accountability is no accountability at all. Investigate all persons who have served and are serving as Ministers, CMs and PMs as well as bureaucrats who are living beyond their means. Why just arrest an unknown minister from a small province to pacify criticism and to divert public attention while ignoring Punjab which is the hub of corruption?

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raiasn0

Mar 02, 2017 12:18am

proud example of good governance

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desi

Mar 02, 2017 03:36am

Belongs to PPP. What a surprise

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Gul Hasan

Mar 02, 2017 08:25pm

We read and hear arrest of officials in Sindh and Balochistan on corruption charges, why is it that corruption is going unchecked in Punjab.

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Gul Hasan

Mar 02, 2017 08:26pm

@ak You are the best, Punjab is pious province where nothing is going bad.

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