RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi claimed to have seized Rs18.8 million cash from the house of a close relative of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Sources said a team of the anti-graft watchdog raided the residence of a government official, Saqlain Gilani, located in the NHI area of Islamabad and recovered Rs18.8 million cash.

The name of the government official, who is to be a close relative of the former premier, was placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) following the raid.

Sources said the anti-graft watchdog has launched a probe into the assets of Saqlain Gilani following the recovery of the amount and summoned details of all his bank accounts.

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Earlier this year, on Dec 20, the NAB team raided a residence of a senior Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) officer and seized valuables worth around Rs1 billion.

According to NAB, the team carried out a search at the house of Adil Omer in Federal B. Area with a search warrant from judicial magistrate and found cash and other valuable that were apparently obtained by the officer without known sources of income.

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