National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday arrested eight officials of the provincial government for alleged misuse of authority and embezzlement of funds through ghost schemes in districts Mansehra and Torghar amounting to Rs 100 million, said a press release issued here.
The government officials are included Dr Ambar Ali, a serving Additional Secretary Planning & Development / Director General Monitoring & Evaluation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (DMG Officer/BPS-19), Zulfiqar Khan, serving Director General Independent Monitoring Unit (DMG Officer/BPS-19) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Aslam Rafique, Deputy Director Audit, Abdul Mustafa Contractor, Muhammad Bashir Tehsil Officer (Infrastructure), Maqbool-ur-Rehman Accountant, Abdul Hameed Assistant Tehsil Officer, Muhammad Raziq Sub-Engineer and Azhar Jalil Sub-Engineer.
During the course of inquiry it was revealed that under the directives of Prime Minister, funds were allocated for developmental schemes in NA-21 District Mansehra and Torghar. The government has launched a development schemes under People Works Programme-II and allocated 225.00 million for execution of 567 schemes including construction & rehabilitation of Shingle Roads, PCC Roads, PCC streets, wells etc.
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