QUETTA – Adviser on Finance Mir Khalid Humayun Langau Saturday said “being the finance adviser” he was somewhat responsible for the corruption in Balochistan as he was “unable to monitor the situation carefully”.
Saturday’s session saw heated debate in the provincial assembly regarding arrest of the finance secretary, with former chief minister Abdul Malik Baloch saying he was unaware of the corruption during his two-and-a-half year tenure as the chief minister.
“I was unaware of the whole corruption situation. I think the measures NAB has taken against corruption are positive and they should continue,” he told the assembly.
Informing the provincial legislature that he wanted across the board accountability, the former chief minister said, “I’m ready to present myself before the bureau.”
Langau, who had also served as the finance adviser to Baloch, rose in support of the latter, saying, “If Baloch has even done corruption of one lakh rupees, I will resign.”
In a major development Friday, NAB seized more than Rs 730 million from the residence of Balochistan Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani, who was arrested earlier in the day.
Officials said that Rs 730 million worth of national and foreign currency and prize bonds were recovered from the serving bureaucrat’s residence. The finance department was sealed during the raid and Raisani was arrested from his office.
