Islamabad, Oct 1: A senior Pakistani bureaucrat was caught on camera stealing a wallet belonging to a member of a Kuwaiti delegation in Islamabad recently.
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According to the Dawn, the theft was committed by a grade 20 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Services Group deployed at the finance ministry.
A news channel identified the official as Zarar Haider Khan, attending the two-day Pakistan-Kuwait joint ministerial commission meeting.
In the video the official is seen lifting the wallet from a table and then pocketing it when the delegates had left the hall.
Grade 20 GoP officer stealing a Kuwaiti official's wallet - the official was part of a visiting delegation which had come to meet the PM pic.twitter.com/axODYL3SaZ
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After the Kuwaiti officials complained a thorough search was conducted and employees were questioned. Later on the CCTV footage showed Zarar Khan stealing the wallet. No complaint has been lodged with the police.