The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday arrested Balochistan Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani in a raid at his office in the civil secretariat, officials said.
Raisani has been accused of embezzling billions of rupees from local government development funds, a senior NAB official, who did not want to be named, told DawnNews.
The finance department was sealed during the raid while officials searched all rooms to sift through records, sources said, adding that records of the finance department were also seized for further investigation.
Raisani, an influential bureaucrat in Balochistan, has served as secretary finance for the last few years. He served in same position during the PPP government's term.
After a string of arrests in Sindh, this is the first high profile arrest made by the accountability body in Balochistan during the PML-N government's term as it seeks to unearth corruption worth billions of rupees in the provincial finance department's development funds.
"More arrests are likely after interrogation of the secretary," an official told DawnNews, seeking anonymity.
