DG Libraries Arrested for Stealing Record

Islamabad: Director General, Department of Libraries Ch. Muhammad Nazir along with his accomplices was arrested from the National Library on Tuesday while stealing the departmental record as an inquiry was called against him.

Source told that some corruption charges includingthe missing of 12000 books from National Library were levelled against him and Ministry of Education had called an inquiry into the matter and placed him under suspension. The probing team sealed the whole record of the National Library.

Source said that on Tuesday morning, DG along with his accompilces reached National Library, broke down the locks and sealed record of the library. In the interim, Capital police reached on the spot and arrested the DG with others.

However, when contacted Acting DG Muhammad Azam Chaudhry told that the corruption charges in purchasing books, computers and software etc were levelled against him while he was also supposed to use Children libraries' furniture and other wood material like windows and doors in his own house. However, he said that the issue of missing books was not a part of the inquiry. " Taking notice Ministry of Education placed him under suspension on June29, 2009 and ordered Deputy Secretary and Addition Secretary Education to probe into the matter," Muhammad Azam told.

He informed that the inquiry team immediately sealed the record of the library and asked the Secretariat Police Station to depute some official at library to look after the record, however, the suspended DG along with some people reached library on Tuesday morning.

He said that the DG and his party forcefully entered in the library and put the whole record in the vehicle but fortunately the Police Rescue 15 reached on the spot and arrested Ch. Nazir and his accomplices. Acase had also been registered in Secretariat Police Station.

Secretariat police told that a case under section 147, 149 for brawl and 409 for embezzlement in nation exchequer had registered against Ch. Nazir, Sohail, Fazal, Umar Farooq and Muhammad Taufeeq. The Nation