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Former minister arrested

BHAKKAR: Anti-Corruption Establishment, Bhakkar has arrested a former Punjab minister Malik Nazir Ahmed Autra on corruption charges.

According to an official source, under the influence of former provincial minister a community centre had been constructed at an unsuitable place and was in his own use since then.

An FIR had been also lodged against him in this regard in 1997. Further investigations are in progress. APP