Summary Dr Asim had served as a federal minister for petroleum during the PPP tenure.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Former petroleum minister and PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari’s close aide Dr Asim Hussain was detained on Wednesday over alleged embezzlement.
According to sources, investigation agency personnel in plain clothes raided the Higher Education Commission office in Clifton area and took the ex-minister into custody.
He has been shifted to undisclosed location for interrogation, sources told.
Dr Asim Hussain, who is facing different corruption cases, had served as a federal minister for petroleum during Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) tenure.
Currently, he is working as the Chairman of Higher Commission of Pakistan in Sindh.
