'Frontman' of Qureshi's son held in graft case.

LAHORE -- The Anti-Corruption Establishment (AEC) on Thursday arrested an alleged frontman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi's son former MNA Zain Qureshi on the charges of corruption in the sale of government flour.

According to the ACE, Mazhar Abbas, Zain Qureshi's frontman, was appointed by former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi as the Chairman Task Force on Food and he allegedly committed corruption worth Rs2 billion in a period of three years.

It said Mazhar Abbas was selling a bag of flour worth Rs645 from flour mills for Rs1,100 in the market. Suspect Abbas used to buy and sell 2,000 to 5,000 bags of flour illegally every day. Similarly, the former MNA's frontman committed corruption of Rs1 million to Rs2.5 million daily for three years.

The ACE has seized all the records of the food department of the Multan...