An accountability court in Quetta on Monday returned the plea bargain application of former finance secretary Mushtaq Raisani after he agreed to return Rs2 billion to National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Judge Abdul Majeed Nasar of Accountability Court II returned the plea bargain agreement application with some objections after hearing the investigation officer and the prosecutor.
On December 30, an accountability court asked the NAB investigation officer and prosecutor to submit records regarding former finance secretary Raisani’s plea bargain agreement.
Earlier, the top anti-graft watchdog accepted the accused’s plea bargain applications after they offered to return Rs2 billion to the national exchequer.
Raisani was taken into custody on May 6, 2016 after a NAB team recovered sensitive documents and Rs603m in cash in a raid at his residence. On May 9, NAB arrested government official Sohail Majeed for allegedly facilitating Raisani’s crimes.
According to NAB authorities, Raisani and contractor Sohail Majeed had submitted plea bargain applications which were approved during the conference of the executive board with NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry in the chair in Islamabad. The accused, who have confessed to their crime, are willing to return Rs2 billion to the national exchequer.
