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Pak’s Former Foreign Minister arrested in Assets beyond means Case

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif was arrested in Islamabad on Tuesday by anti-corruption officials for allegedly having assets beyond means of income.

Asif was taken into the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when he was coming out of a party meeting here, said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb.

The NAB, in a statement, said its officials from the Lahore office executed the arrest in “assets beyond known sources of income case.” The bureau said that Asif held a Dubai iqama (work permit) from 2004 to 2008, and earned a total of ₹ 136 million for his services as a consultant legal adviser.

He was directed to submit details of the salary he received and other information. “Khawaja Asif continuously failed to cooperate during the inquiry,” according to the NAB.

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