KP anti-corruption dept arrested 141 govt employees in 2022, says report

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) anti-corruption department has arrested 141 government employees in 2022, ARY News reported on Monday.

According to the KP anti-corruption report 2022, a total of 1561 complaints of corruption were received from the province. 

The anti-corruption department has recovered Rs 60 million from the arrested government employees

The report stated that 16 first information reports (FIRs) were also registered in different cases by the anti-corruption department. 

Moreover, hundreds of officers and other employees of government departments were nominated in this report.

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