NAB recovers nearly Rs330 million from former govt officer's Lahore residence

E-Paper | May 08, 2026

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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Australian

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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Shafiq Shah

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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Nomi Goraya

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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pakistan deserves better

Nov 09, 2018 08:54pm

Jail him for life.

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Fahad

Nov 09, 2018 08:57pm

Bingo! Good work catch all these thieves who have/had looted this country!

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Pagri sambhal

Nov 09, 2018 09:06pm

Another plea bargain?

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Magnanimous approach

Nov 09, 2018 09:17pm

Extraordinary recovery. A mammoth hidden treasure. Congrats to NAB. Plz keep it up.

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Odd Views

Nov 09, 2018 09:18pm

And they say only Sindh was notorious.

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Shujaat Khan

Nov 09, 2018 09:28pm

Anxiously waiting for the name to be published.

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Asif A. Shah

Nov 09, 2018 09:58pm

Wow ! Amazing ! Such a huge pile of illegal money! Congratulations to NAB!

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Chaya

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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bhaRAT©

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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Shahzeb

Nov 09, 2018 10:09pm

This is just a drop of water from sea.

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bhaRAT©

Nov 09, 2018 10:10pm

@Shujaat Khan, Why? It might be someone you may know?

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Lahori

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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M. Saeed

Nov 09, 2018 10:23pm

A grade 16 official having tons of cash? Must be a land revenue official.

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Tabassum

Nov 09, 2018 10:24pm

Well done NAB

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ShahidF

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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Shan Kazmi

Nov 09, 2018 10:29pm

There may be hundreds of other officers but only one has been arrested.

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Ayesha

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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Khalid

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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Texan

Nov 09, 2018 10:48pm

What was his job? The whole setup is crook and there is no hope.

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Usman Anwar

Nov 09, 2018 11:05pm

@Shafiq Shah, absolutely you right.

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asif paul

Nov 09, 2018 11:15pm

what arecovery we appreciate all concerns n a b

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Tiqbal

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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MAHMUD MAJEED

Nov 09, 2018 11:25pm

No No it is political victimization against a very honest official

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Akhtar

Nov 09, 2018 11:28pm

All NAB's officers and employees houses should be searched for hidden cashes.

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Anonymouseeeee

Nov 09, 2018 11:32pm

Another Lahore/PML government official caught. Excellent work. Make an example out of him/her.

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irfan

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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Parvez

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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Reality

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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AKB

Nov 10, 2018 12:09am

DG NAB trying to deflect his fake degree case by showing fake performance

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M1 Jamal

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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Arman khan

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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Rahat

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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Zak

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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Javed Arshad

Nov 10, 2018 01:47am

Put this money in national exchequer and find more ......

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Arshad patel

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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khan-usa

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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Fareed

Nov 10, 2018 03:06am

Must be linked to Zardari.

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Ali

Nov 10, 2018 03:08am

Grade 16? Feels like somebody is being scapegoated

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Khaja

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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Tarik

Nov 10, 2018 04:33am

In this case you probably can't blame Zardari.

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Good Politics

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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Tamilselvan

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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Ron

Nov 10, 2018 05:08am

These types of acts can not happen without political backing

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Zafar

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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Malik

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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Rajesh

Nov 10, 2018 07:16am

@Reality, Have you heard of"Benami" assets?

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Amjad Durrani Engineer USA

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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Shafaq

Nov 10, 2018 10:09am

Bribed honesty by NAB.

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Nawaz

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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Saudis are isrealis

Nov 10, 2018 05:29pm

Arrest all thieves, corrupt officials and lock them up for a long time.

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El Cid

Nov 11, 2018 04:09pm

Pakistan hae, sub chalta hae!

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Rane

Nov 11, 2018 05:05pm

That's why demonetization required

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khanm

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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brainiac

Nov 11, 2018 07:14pm

@Australian, the status of rehman malik?

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Neo

Nov 11, 2018 08:36pm

Just scratching the surface.

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ahamed

Nov 11, 2018 09:30pm

@pakistan deserves better, Ask him to reveal more corrupt officers.

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ahamed

Nov 11, 2018 09:31pm

More raids are necessary and whistleblowers should be protected.

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Omar

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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Dr. Farhat H. Siddiqi

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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Hasnain

Nov 12, 2018 06:48am

Doesn't look like 330M

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Javed Sarfraz

Nov 12, 2018 07:54am

Unfortunately this has been going on since 1947.

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