PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated an inquiry against Zia-ur-Rehman, a grade-19 officer and brother of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman.
NAB Peshawar has issued a notice to appear for questioning in graft cases on 25th August. He also faces allegations of accumulating assets beyond known sources of income.
The bureau has launched inquiries against him over his alleged involvement in illegal appointments and corruption in the sale and purchase of machinery during his appointment as Commissioner Afghan Refugees (CAR) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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A controversy has ensured as Zia-ur-Rehman as appointed the deputy commissioner of Karachi’s Central district by the Sindh government. Opposition parties raised objections to his appointment and called for his removal.
The federal government repatriated the services of Zia-ur-Rehman back to the KP government. On 13th August, the Sindh government issued a notification transferring him back.
Zia-ur-Rehman is an employee of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s civil service. He has also served as Deputy Commissioner Khushab during the PML-N era.
He started as a PTCL division engineer before the 2007 MMA government in KP. During that time the chief minister sent a summary to the governor to circumvent the rules to allow Zia’s appointment in the provincial management service.
He was appointed a section officer in Peshawar and moved to the Establishment Division in 2014. He was removed from his post when PTI came to power and NAB began investigating how he was appointed in the first place without being a civil servant.
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