PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has launched an inquiry against a private assistant to the provincial minister for health and finance for accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income.

       In a letter addressed to the secretary finance department, the NAB has asked for providing information and record of Mohammad Arsalan Anjum, a private assistant to the provincial minister, and working at the Governance Policy Project.

       “The bureau is conducting an inquiry into the case under the provisions of National Accountability Ordinance, 1999,” reads the letter. It asked the finance department to provide certified and legible copies of the relevant record/information to combined investigation team for examination at the earliest.

       Similarly, the NAB has also asked for year-wise assets declaration pro forma submitted by the accused to the department and any other financial benefits received by him during his service.

       Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2021