Former Karachi BRT Director goes missing in Lahore after Rs8.5bn corruption case
Key takeaways
- A kidnapping case has been registered at Lahore’s Defence-C Police Station on the complaint of his father, Muhammad Panah, against unidentified individuals.
- According to the FIR, Abbasi, a Grade-19 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, was in Lahore for personal engagements when the incident occurred.
- The FIR states that some of the individuals were dressed in police uniforms while others were in plain clothes.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize KARACHI: Former Project Director of the Karachi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Yellow Line project, Zameer Ahmed Abbasi, has reportedly gone missing in Lahore, days after being booked in a multi-billion-rupee corruption case.
A kidnapping case has been registered at Lahore’s Defence-C Police Station on the complaint of his father, Muhammad Panah, against unidentified individuals.
According to the FIR, Abbasi, a Grade-19 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, was in Lahore for personal engagements when the incident occurred. The complainant alleged that on June 12, 2026, between 15 and 20 unidentified individuals arrived at a residence in DHA Phase VIII, Lahore.