A still from the CCTV footage shows Pakistani official Zarar Haider Khan walking slyly after he quietly slips away the wallet of the Kuwaiti delegate.

A Pakistani official was caught on Friday stealing the wallet of a Kuwaiti delegate who was on a two-day visit for Pakistan-Kuwait Joint Ministerial Commission meet.

Investment and Facilitation Joint Secretary Zarar Haider Khan was caught on CCTV stealing the wallet of the Kuwaiti delegate after the latter complained that he lost his wallet.

Grade 20 GoP officer stealing a Kuwaiti official's wallet - the official was part of a visiting delegation which had come to meet the PM pic.twitter.com/axODYL3SaZ omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) September 28, 2018

"All officers of the Ministry of Industries and Economics Affairs Division, as well as other participants, were shocked when the head of the Kuwaiti mission complained about the incident," said an official of the finance ministry as reported by Pakistan Today.

"This is a very unfortunate development that has brought a bad name to the country as well as the officers working here," he added.

Khan was arrested and legal proceedings have begun against him, Daily Pakistan reported.

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