JIT set up to dig into Hyderabad Sukkur Motorway land scandal.

KARACHI -- A Joint Investigation (JIT) headed by Chairman Anti-Corruption Muhammad Nawaz Shaikh has been set up after the fraud of Rs2.14 billion in funds in the purchase of land for Hyderabad Sukkur Motorway.

The JIT headed by Muhammad Nawaz Shaikh will submit an inquiry report on embezzlement of highway project funds in Matiari district of Sindh within 10 days.

It has been said in the FIR that Rs2.14 billion were embezzled from the Rs4 billion received from the federal government and Deputy Commissioner Adnan Rasheed has been arrested in the Motorway case, while main accused Assistant Commissioner Mansoor Abbasi, Aslam Pirzada got bail...

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