Dar, SBP ex-governor on NAB radar in merger case
Investigators seek NAB chairman permission to arrest ex-finance minister, SBP officials
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The investigators of the country’s prime anti-corruption watchdog have sought permission to arrest former finance minister Ishaq Dar and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) former governor Ashraf Wathra along with six other officials in case of alleged non-transparent amalgamation of two banks.
On November 3, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi Office sent warrants of arrests of eight persons to NAB headquarters with a request to give it permission to take them into custody in case of “non-transparent amalgamation of KASB Bank into BankIslami,” showed official documents