KARACHI: As many as 52 Sindh officials have been arrested for corruption in two months during the provincial government’s anti-corruption campaign.
Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Chairman Mumtaz Shah revealed this during an important meeting with Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House
Mumtaz Shah said that the ACE also registered 72 first information reports (FIRs) and opened 209 inquiries for corruption, embezzlement and misappropriation of government funds. He further said that the FIA and NAB have started sending him inquiries into land, revenue and local government matters such as illegal and double land allotments, bogus allotment files and such other forgeries and criminal acts.
Giving details of the FIRs, inquiries and arrests the chairman ACE said that from July 22, 2015 four raids were conducted in Karachi South and arrested three officials and registered four FIRs. In Karachi East six FIRs have been registered and five accused were held. In West two FIRs registered, 26 inquiries initiated and four persons arrested.
