Staff Reporter
An accountability court in Rawalpindi has summoned former ambassador Babar Hashmi in a corruption case on February 9.
Hashmi has been accused of working with former accountant Tufail Qazi and embezzling Rs19 million from 2016 to 2018. The government released the funds for its embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria.
A reference was submitted against Hashmi and Qazi on January 6.
NAB Rawalpindi conducted the inquiry on the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“The embezzlement continued for two years and surfaced when a new accountant took charge of the embassy,” the bureau said in the reference.
