Education secretary faces NAB probe
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LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched investigation against Punjab Education Secretary (Schools) Sheikh Zafar Iqal for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income.
According to a source, the NAB Lahore initiated probe against the bureaucrat following information that he allegedly owned over 60 properties here and abroad.
The properties include rice mills and filling stations. Of the total properties, Mr Iqbal made 47 during his service and remaining he received in shape of gifts, the source said.
Zafar Iqbal was not available for comments when Dawn tried to reach him by phone. A TV channel claimed that the accused had confessed to owning properties in question.
Published in Dawn, January 9th, 2019
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Jan 09, 2019 11:30am
Good decision and speed up the investigations and conclude cases based on evidence available and presented. Don't delay, as public want to see end speedy results.
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Jan 09, 2019 12:18pm
Well at least now we know how the education budget of Punjab was spent during Sharif days !!!!
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Jan 09, 2019 12:49pm
When the person at the top is corrupt he ensures everyone underneath him is also corrupt. It will take years to remove these people from the system.
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Jan 09, 2019 02:07pm
No surprise here. He is a part of the Sharif political machine.
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Jan 09, 2019 02:09pm
@chengez k, And still Shariffs deny looting a single rupee from the treasury of the nation.
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Jan 09, 2019 03:26pm
Part of the Nawaz mob.
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Jan 09, 2019 04:40pm
Good going,check other bureaucrats as well.These guys in league with politicians have looted Pakistan.
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Jan 09, 2019 05:35pm
If all that was his own lawful business, then what for he was toiling in thankless civil service? His billions could easily have hired a thousand civil servants like himself.
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