Shahzad Akbar on ECL

It was long-time on the cards that the former accountability Czar Shahzad Akbar on ECL will be called to answer for omissions and commissions of his rather high-handed tenure in office. Accordingly, the federal cabinet agreed to place him on the ECL over their alleged involvement in a financial scam at the request of the NAB. Along with him Ziaul Mustafa Naseem, a legal expert in the Asset Recovery Unit of the former PTI regime was also placed on the Exit Control List on the recommendation of the NAB. It is, however, reported that of these individuals are currently in the United Kingdom. The incumbent interior minister had accused Shahzad Akbar of being complicit in accepting Rs.5 billion and hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town, the housing developer in return for providing protection to the real estate firm. Shahzad Akbar had a contentious tenure of office during the former regime whereby he was primarily known for his extensive press conferences from the official platform of PID flinging allegations of corruption against virtually every politician belonging to the opposition. He was known for devising methods to implicate his targets through NAB that was reported to be acting under his indirect supervision. TW

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