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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has recovered nearly Rs330 million from the Lahore residence of a former government officer, a statement issued by the corruption watchdog said on Friday.
The bureau carried out a raid at the house of the grade-16 former government official, located in Lahore's EME society, after receiving a tip-off about him.
"Approximately Rs330m that had allegedly been hidden were recovered during the raid on the house," the NAB statement said.
The bureau is currently keeping the suspect's identity secret "so as not to impede the acquisition of additional evidence".
According to the NAB statement, the mammoth amount recovered from the official's residence includes Rs100m in Pakistani rupees, Rs170m in the form of prize bonds, and nearly Rs35m in the form of 11 foreign currencies.
The bureau said it is also carrying out an inquiry regarding proofs of extensive properties allegedly owned by the suspect.
The director general of NAB Lahore has directed that an inquiry be immediately started against the suspect for allegedly owning assets beyond known means of income, the statement added.
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Nov 09, 2018 08:40pm
Grade 16 officer. Wonder what he would have "achieved" if he would have been. Grade 20...
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Nov 09, 2018 08:46pm
Grade 16 is the lowest rank of the officer. Imagine what higher ranks are doing to this country. I believe this civil service system devised by the English rulers have miserably failed. Pakistan should abolish this civil service system and adopt Canadian or US model. Why you are hiding the name of the officer.
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Nov 09, 2018 08:49pm
Good effort by DG NAB LAHORE to divert the attention when he is under fire due to media trial allegations. They can find anything from any person after all this is NAB
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Nov 09, 2018 08:54pm
Jail him for life.
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Nov 09, 2018 08:57pm
Bingo! Good work catch all these thieves who have/had looted this country!
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Nov 09, 2018 09:06pm
Another plea bargain?
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Nov 09, 2018 09:17pm
Extraordinary recovery. A mammoth hidden treasure. Congrats to NAB. Plz keep it up.
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Nov 09, 2018 09:18pm
And they say only Sindh was notorious.
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Nov 09, 2018 09:28pm
Anxiously waiting for the name to be published.
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Nov 09, 2018 09:58pm
Wow ! Amazing ! Such a huge pile of illegal money! Congratulations to NAB!
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Nov 09, 2018 09:58pm
Just search the loot to pay off our debt and build dams. Check all big fish , present and previous bureaucrats, politicians, generals all four, three and two stars.
We will Inshallah be able to retire our debt.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:05pm
@Nomi Goraya , "They can find anything from any person after all this is NAB".
So you believe the guy did nothing wrong?
Some conspiracy theories never cease to amaze!
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Nov 09, 2018 10:09pm
This is just a drop of water from sea.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:10pm
@Shujaat Khan,
Why?
It might be someone you may know?
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Nov 09, 2018 10:14pm
Imagine what kind of money you will find in the home of politicians and former rulers.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:23pm
A grade 16 official having tons of cash? Must be a land revenue official.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:24pm
Well done NAB
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Nov 09, 2018 10:29pm
There must be a group of people involved in the department he was working.NAB can catch people of higher grade with higher amounts.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:29pm
There may be hundreds of other officers but only one has been arrested.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:34pm
Shameful. NAB must keep on digging up more such cases and recovering the nation's looted wealth. This is only one case of a grade 16 officer, there are thousands of such officers in the civil and military who need to be investigated and unmasked.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:41pm
Wonderful news. All those hiding cash in the homes and offices would now be running scared. This is a very low-level officer, I bet his seniors are hiding 10 times more in their homes. Let us get them all. I am sure we can start building the dams next week.
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Nov 09, 2018 10:48pm
What was his job? The whole setup is crook and there is no hope.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:05pm
@Shafiq Shah, absolutely you right.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:15pm
what arecovery we appreciate all concerns n a b
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Nov 09, 2018 11:20pm
We want to know where all the recovered money go after the pictures are being taken. We have been listening to the recovery by NAB for ages, the thing is where does this money go and who will do the accountability of NAB to find out that the amount mentioned is the actual amount being confiscated.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:25pm
No No it is political victimization against a very honest official
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Nov 09, 2018 11:28pm
All NAB's officers and employees houses should be searched for hidden cashes.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:32pm
Another Lahore/PML government official caught. Excellent work. Make an example out of him/her.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:50pm
who is this guy? does NAB will get 20% or some one else get whistle blower act? Excellent job and hope this money will spend on the people of Pakistan welfare.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:50pm
....and today we are neck deep in debt ....no wonder.
Lets hope he is not allowed a plea bargain and pays a pittance and allowed to walk away with the rest.
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Nov 09, 2018 11:57pm
All Grade 16 and above officers should be scrutinized alongwith family members for bank lockers and other places of concealment.
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Nov 10, 2018 12:09am
DG NAB trying to deflect his fake degree case by showing fake performance
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Nov 10, 2018 12:46am
Please pass 25% as a prize money of the recovered amount to the neighbour of this grade 16 officer who identified this corrupt government servant to NAB Authorities.In this way other neighbours and nearones will provide details of all government servants living beyond their means/ genuine earnings.
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Nov 10, 2018 12:54am
I am sure every pmln ppp and other corrupt parties filled their backyards with hidden money, we need to search all their properties and dig out the hidden money
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Nov 10, 2018 01:04am
How do we know if this belongs to the owner of the house? Lot of money has been found in accounts that nobody knows about. Soon we will hear that the charges have been dropped in the public interest. Nab finds lot of wrongdoing but nobody get punished because NAB and the embezzlers are part of the same extended family.
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Nov 10, 2018 01:18am
Money into dam fund. Such level of corruption in Nawaz Sharif tenure.
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Nov 10, 2018 01:47am
Now the opposition will cry, political victimization. And the this man will say, why me? there are bigger fishes, why not go after them.
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Nov 10, 2018 01:47am
Put this money in national exchequer and find more ......
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Nov 10, 2018 02:30am
This is a small stashed cash waiting to be laundered into Dollars - Pakistan's $$$ loans wiped out and country is heavily indebted. I am not surprised at all!!!
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Nov 10, 2018 03:05am
what is so big about this recovery. Rs. 80 crore were recovered from a Federal Govt. Officer's residence in Balochistan. He owned several properties in Karachi posh area. What happen to him and that money. This is Pakistan and nothing happen how big the crime is.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:06am
Must be linked to Zardari.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:08am
Grade 16? Feels like somebody is being scapegoated
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Nov 10, 2018 04:27am
The NAB malaigns politicians without any charge in the electronic media but why it is keeps name of this person secret.
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Nov 10, 2018 04:33am
In this case you probably can't blame Zardari.
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Nov 10, 2018 04:43am
@AKB, How do you know if this a fake catch? Why and how DG NAB will deposit 330 million in treasury? You can question the timing but catch is real and amount is real, rest assure you can take it to the bank. Every little help! My country My Homeland My Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2018 04:57am
Very much like India. Under Congress regime it was flourishing but under Modi’s regime it is being unearthed. During demobilization many crores were unearthed too
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Nov 10, 2018 05:08am
These types of acts can not happen without political backing
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Nov 10, 2018 06:48am
I would like to request to Chairman NAB to bring on picture the total recovered looted money since last 15 years and its further utilization to make it clear that the recovered amount was not again recycled for corruption.
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Nov 10, 2018 06:56am
This country has been ruined by corrupt mafia. And unfortunately there is a abundance of them, right from the top to bottom.
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Nov 10, 2018 07:03am
He could have accumulated so much black money only with blessings of his superior officers. When will NAB catch big fish in the civil bureaucracy?
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Nov 10, 2018 07:16am
@Reality, Have you heard of"Benami" assets?
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Nov 10, 2018 09:42am
He may be a pawn for others used as safe deposit box. The seizure which includes foreign currency points towards a possibility that this huge amount may have come from sale of narcotics, which is a hot business now a days in Pakistan. Corruption is a two way trade, the money is always paid as a service charge which is a percentage of gain a person makes through corrupt practices. In this case a grade 16 officer had no authority to provide such a service but could be acting as a conduit for other seniors with authority being used as a frontman in mega corruption deals. The declaration of NAB, keeping his idendity secret points toward their aim & objectives to catch the big fish making billion plus in such corrupt practices. This huge cash of black money stashed away & hidden in a house, clearly shows the reach & complexity of corruption in our society. Since this catch was made possible with the help of an informer - a colleague or coworker, the NAB should use such venues for future too
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Nov 10, 2018 10:09am
Bribed honesty by NAB.
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Nov 10, 2018 10:37am
Well done NAB: please also keep a close eye on the account officers especially District account officers to ensure they do not hold assets beyond legitimate means. All current District account officers and those appointed in the last five years should be asked to provide details of their and their family members assets.
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Nov 10, 2018 05:29pm
Arrest all thieves, corrupt officials and lock them up for a long time.
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Nov 11, 2018 04:09pm
Pakistan hae, sub chalta hae!
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Nov 11, 2018 05:05pm
That's why demonetization required
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Nov 11, 2018 06:11pm
Just like benami accounts, the officer is also benami...does it have a nme or just like the accounts they are nameless
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Nov 11, 2018 07:14pm
@Australian, the status of rehman malik?
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Nov 11, 2018 08:36pm
Just scratching the surface.
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Nov 11, 2018 09:30pm
@pakistan deserves better, Ask him to reveal more corrupt officers.
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Nov 11, 2018 09:31pm
More raids are necessary and whistleblowers should be protected.
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Nov 11, 2018 10:58pm
16 grade is not an officer and he cannot have access to this kind of loot. Looks like this was just a place to hoard "stock" for higher ups.
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Nov 12, 2018 03:42am
The Engineers at Government Organizations taking commission is well known . These organizations like Karachi Municipal Corporation ( KMC ), Karachi Port Trust ( KPT ) Karachi Development Authority ( KDA ) were famous for the bribes. Customs Department in Karachi was the corruption hub. People took Government jobs with very low salaries to make big money in bribes. This is no secret.
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Nov 12, 2018 06:48am
Doesn't look like 330M
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Nov 12, 2018 07:54am
Unfortunately this has been going on since 1947.
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