{"id":1232,"date":"2026-11-14T06:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T06:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2026-11-14T06:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T06:04:17","slug":"thousands-of-jobs-under-investigation-why-did-former-minister-asad-mahmood-skip-nab-summons-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/2026\/11\/14\/1232","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Jobs Under Investigation: Why Did Former Minister Asad Mahmood Skip NAB Summons Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Islamabad:<\/strong> Former Federal Minister and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Asad Mahmood has failed to appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the second time in connection with an investigation into alleged illegal recruitments at Pakistan Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, NAB initially summoned Asad Mahmood on November 10, 2026, but he did not appear. The accountability bureau subsequently issued another call-up notice, directing him to appear on November 13. However, the former minister once again failed to attend the proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asad Mahmood had submitted a written response to NAB regarding the allegations, but officials described his explanation as insufficient and unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation relates to recruitment activities at Pakistan Post during the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government’s tenure, when Asad Mahmood was serving as Federal Minister for Communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to NAB documents, Pakistan Post allegedly recruited 4,252 employees despite having only 2,646 approved vacancies. Investigators have sought an explanation from the former minister regarding the recruitment of employees beyond the officially sanctioned positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accountability bureau is also examining allegations that the recruitment process violated federal cabinet instructions and involved appointments to permanent government positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several other allegations are under investigation, including politically influenced appointments, the use of fake documents, and the recruitment of candidates who exceeded the prescribed age limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAB is further investigating possible violations of domicile quotas, which determine the allocation of government jobs to candidates from different regions of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former minister was asked to provide clarification regarding these allegations, but his failure to appear despite receiving a second notice has brought renewed attention to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case remains under investigation, and the allegations have not been established as proven wrongdoing. No final court judgment against Asad Mahmood has been mentioned in the available reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad: Former Federal Minister and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Asad Mahmood has failed to appear before the National Accountability Bureau […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1344,122,1343,83,1345,1342],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-asad-mahmood-nab-case","tag-bluntline-network","tag-illegal-recruitment-pakistan","tag-latest-news","tag-nab-investigation-2026","tag-pakistan-post-recruitment-scandal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dashboard.bluntlinenetwork.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}