KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested former secretary special education Sindh, Noor Leghari and Dr Kishore Kumar outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) in illegal appointments case.
As per details, Noor Leghari and Dr Kishore Kumar were accused of making money through illegal appointments in the Sindh education department from 2012 to 2015. The alleged illegal appointments of 294 in the Special Education department caused the national exchequer huge financial loss.
According to sources within the NAB, the arrests were made after the interim bails of the accused were rejected by the Sindh High Court on Friday. The corruption reference against Noor Leghari and other accused is currently under trial.
Earlier, NAB had started an investigation into illegal appointments in the provincial education department after the orders of the Sindh High Court. The NAB had sought a record of appointments in the education department since 1989.
Credentials of the teachers and technicians along with the National Computerized Identity Numbers (CNICs), home addresses have been sought by the NAB.
On January 26, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal had asserted that the corruption watchdog was accused of everything except spreading coronavirus.
“Those who are involved in the propaganda are the ones facing some sort of inquiry or investigation against them,” he said while addressing the chamber of commerce in Islamabad.
The NAB chairman claimed that vicious propaganda is ongoing against the institution. However, he said, no threat or blackmailing will be a hurdle in the way of the bureau taking action against corrupt people.
“NAB and Pakistan can co-exist; however, corruption and Pakistan cannot,” he said, adding that some people were hiding their weaknesses by blaming the watchdog.
He further said that the country is deep in debt. “Someone had to step up and take a stand against corruption and this is exactly what NAB did,” he said, adding that NAB summoned those people who were earlier considered untouchable.
