KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of lawmakers on Wednesday accused the acting finance minister of collusion with other ‘corrupt’ figures after he did not share what he promised a list of those involved in corruption in customs revenue while some lawmakers opposed publicizing the list.
Mohammad Khalid Painda, acting finance minister on May 19, told a Wolesi Jirga or lower house session that around eight million US dollars were embezzled from the country’s customs offices on a daily basis and some government officials had employed their own people in these offices using their influence.
He said he had the list . . .
