12 out of 22 bungalows owned by Raisani sealed

KARACHI: At least 12 bungalows owned by the Balochistan finance secretary in Karachi’s Defence area have been sealed, National Accountability Bureau sources revealed.

Sources said that during interrogation Raisani revealed that he owns 22 bungalows.

The bungalows which have been sealed are located in Defence phase 5, 6 and 7. Other bungalows are still being located, NAB sources said.

NAB officials are present inside the sealed bungalows.

Two of his cars are also in NAB custody.

Raisani was arrested during a raid at his office in the Civil Secretariat in May.

The finance department was sealed during the raid while officials searched all rooms to sift through records, said sources adding that records of the finance department were also seized for further investigation.

Raisani, an influential bureaucrat in Balochistan, had been serving as secretary finance for the last few years. He served the same position during the PPP government also.

After a string of arrests in Sindh, this is the first high-profile arrest made by the accountability body in Balochistan during the PML-N government’s term as it seeks to unearth corruption worth billions of rupees in the provincial finance department’s development funds.