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Hajj affairs director being grilled on graft charges

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Hajj and Religious Affairs Director for southern Helmand province Abdul Hameed Qarizada has been referred to attorney’s office on charges of corruption and misuse of authority.

Governor Hayatullah Hayat told a press conference in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, that the director had allegedly been misusing his position over the past few years.

“He sent people to Hajj out of turn on the one hand and enabled his family members to perform the ritual by fraudulently putting their names . . .

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