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NAB starts probe into Imran’s use of KP govt helicopters

NAB starts probe into Imran’s use of KP govt helicopters
February 20, 2018
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched a probe into the alleged use of a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government helicopter by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan that allegedly cost the national exchequer over Rs 100 million. The anti-graft watchdog has initiated an inquiry into the alleged use of a helicopter of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. On February 2, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal had directed the provincial NAB DG to start an inquiry into Imran Khan’s reported use of the KP official helicopters. KP government has recorded in its books a total expense of Rs 2.1 million at approximately Rs28,865 per hour for Khan’s 40 trips on the two helicopters—an Mi-171 and an Ecureuil.