ISLAMABAD: A Special Operation Division to investigate major corruption scandals was established at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) headquarter is Islamabad, DawnNews reported on Saturday.

Brigadier (retd) Musadiq Abbasi would head this special division.

According to NAB sources, corruption scandals related to state institutions such as Pakistan Railways, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), and Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and similar matters pertaining to other institutions would be handled by this division.

The division is expected to start functioning in the following week.

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