A major development has come to light in the Kohistan corruption scandal where the 10 accused have surrendered before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
According to the Deputy Prosecutor General NAB, the 10 accused individuals have come forward as benamidars, expressing their wish to return assets worth over Rs237.7 million.
Earlier, NAB officials had issued formal notices to the accused in the Kohistan corruption case. In response, they requested to return voluntarily.
The accused who surrendered include Shoaib Ur Rehman, Sadiq Zaman, Ijaz Ahmed, Shabnam Asim, Syed Ali Khan, Zobia Ijaz, Mehwish Bibi, Hashim Khan, Asghar Iqbal and Fasih Ur Rehman.
Kohistan corruption scandal
In 2025, a large scale corruption scandal emerged in Upper Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The scandal revolved around the alleged embezzlement of public funds from government treasury accounts.
One of the accounts, Security and Deposit Works KP 10113, was found to have suspicious activity with surprisingly high amounts of withdrawals between the years, 2018 to 2024.
Later that year, NAB requested a remand of the suspects accused in the case where the accused included officials of district accounts, communication and works department and commercial banks.
The authority also stated that the accused had abused their authority while committing theft and creating fake documents through which funds were acquired from the accounts.
It is important to note that NAB had previously arrested around 22 suspects in the Rs38 billion corruption scandal.
