Shocking new disclosures have rocked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as details, photos and videos of luxury vehicles and properties have emerged in the mega Rs40 billion Kohistan corruption scandal.

 

According to reports, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has escalated the case by turning the inquiry into a formal investigation, signaling major crackdown on corruption.

 

Reports quoted NAB as saying that it had also recovered and frozen assets worth whopping Rs25 billion in said case. Interestingly, the assets included a luxury bungalow featured in the popular drama serial Parizaad.

 

Among the seized assets are also 77 high-end vehicles, including Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche Taycan, Toyota Land Cruiser, Fortuner and Hilux Revo, worth Rs940 million.

 

Over Rs1 billion in cash, foreign currency and more than three kilogrammes of gold have also been taken into custody by NAB.

 

While a total of Rs5 billion across 73 bank accounts has been frozen, the anti-graft watchdog has also confiscated 109 properties across Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Abbottabad and Mansehra. These include four farmhouses, 12 commercial plazas, two commercial plots, 30 houses, 12 shops and food courts, 25 flats and penthouses, and 175 kanals of agricultural land.

 

The estimated value of these properties is around Rs17 billion. 

 

While the accused are said to have acted with chilling audacity, allegedly siphoning off billions of rupees from the public exchequer without drawing the attention of any financial regulatory authority, arrests of key figures are expected within the next few hours, reports quoted officials as saying.