Nasir Abbas found to have business passports of Pakistan, Canada

KARACHI: Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) Karachi has disclosed Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Director General Nasir Abbas possesses a business passport in his name. Corruption cases against Nasir Abbas (20 grade government officer) have been in progress since February this year, an official of ACE told Daily Times.

Assistant Director Branch II, ACE Karachi disclosed Nasir posseses Passport Number KQ 1013801 issued on April 15, 2015. He said the DG passport was issued a letter on March 17 2016 to explain why he needed a business passport.

The first inquiry by ACE started in February as the Authority issued a letter on February 2nd to Nasir Abbas. Nasir Abbas failed to submit a declaration form to National Registration along with concerned papers at the time of the issuance of the passport that he was a government servant. ACE investigation officer Imran Allahi Baksh claimed that Nasir Abbas had put pressure on him to put the inquiry in ‘cold storage’.