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NAB initiates probe against Khawaja Asif for ‘owning assets beyond means’

August 16, 2018

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (INP): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday approved investigation against former foreign minister Khawaja Asif for allegedly laundering money and owning assets beyond means. A meeting of the NAB’s central executive board gave the go-ahead for the investigations, said a press statement by the anti-graft body. According to the NAB, Asif is accused of creating assets through money laundering, due to which the national exchequer sustained a loss of millions of rupees. The NAB also approved filing of a corruption reference against former ports and shipping minister Babar Ghouri.