OFFICIAL CAUGHT STEALING KUWAITI DELEGATE’S WALLET

A senior Pakistani civil servant sparked an embarrassing diplomatic incident when he was caught on CCTV stealing the wallet of a visiting Kuwaiti delegate. The Kuwaitis made a complaint to Pakistani officials during a mission to discuss investment plans when one visitor said his wallet had gone missing. Officials mounted a hunt, Dawn, a leading Pakistani newspaper, reported. It was only when CCTV was checked that a senior bureaucrat with the Pakistan Administrative Services was seen taking the wallet. The official reportedly denied involvement until he was confronted with the video and then produced the missing wallet. Pakistani officials at first refused to tell their guests who the culprit was, until the Kuwaitis insisted and were shown the film.