PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested another suspect in connection with the ongoing Kohistan financial scandal, according to officials familiar with the investigation.
According to reports, the arrested suspect, identified as Nauman, who is being seen as the third person involved in the Kohistan scam has appeared before the accountability court today. The court has allowed NAB to hold the suspect in physical remand for seven days to further probe the matter.
Sources from NAB revealed that Nauman was being used as the face of the principal suspect in this case, Qaiser Iqbal. According to the investigations, millions of rupees had been exchanged through the accounts opened in the name of Nauman.
Sources further disclosed that business premises have been acquired through the name of the suspect in various locations including Islamabad, Nathia Gali, Abbottabad, and Kaghan.
These properties were acquired through funds which were allegedly misused in the financial scam at Kohistan.
