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NAB issues arrest warrants for JUI-F leader Akram Durrani

NAB issues arrest warrants for JUI-F leader Akram Durrani
December 18, 2019
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) senior leader Akram Durrani in the illegal appointment case. The anti-graft watchdog body will present the arrest warrants in Islamabad High Court (IHC). It is pertinent to mention here that the four inquires already are already pending in the NAB against Akram Durrani. According to the NAB, the former minister had allegedly allotted plots owned by the DHA Foundation in sectors 1-12 and 1-16 to his relatives and caused losses to the national exchequer. He has also served as the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister from 2002 to 2007. He served as federal minister for Housing and Works, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. Last year, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal had ordered an inquiry against Akram Khan Durrani for misuse of power and illegal allotment of plots. Durrani was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from Constituency PK-90 (Bannu-IV) in general election of 2018. On October 2, 2018, Akram Khan Durrani became leader of the opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).