RAWALPINDI: Taking notice over the alleged embezzlement in federal education departments, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has ordered the anti-graft body to verify the complaints against the minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD).
Tariq Fazal Chaudhary, who belongs to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is accused of embezzling funds of Federal Directorate of Education, Special Education and Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA)
The NAB chief ordered the director general of Rawalpindi-bureau to complete verification of the complaints against minister, who is in office since August 2017.
Chaudhary has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2008. He previously served as Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development in third Sharif government from 2015 to 2017.
