The investigation team headed by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) additional Director General (DG) Zafar Qureshi has formally restarted investigation into the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam and has issued instructions to members of the investigation team on further proceedings in this regard, a source in the FIA told Pakistan Today on Thursday.
The source said the chief investigator was informed by other members that the inquiry had stopped after his transfer on April 18. He said FIA DG Tehsin Anwar was being formally informed about the investigation’s progress as he was a part of the investigation team. “The lead investigator has not formally asked the FIA DG to join the team as it was not necessary at that time,” the source said. “Anwar will be formally asked to join the investigation process as and when the chief investigator deems it necessary,” he said.
To a question on seniority of the two officers, Anwar and Qureshi, the source in the FIA said Qureshi was promoted to BS-21 in January 2011 but Anwar’s case was deferred. Anwar was later promoted to BS-21 in June 2011.