The manhunt for Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)’s ex-chief Tauqir Sadiq came towards a long awaited conclusion as a UAE judge gave a heads up to deport him.
According to a private TV channel, Sadiq’s kafeel cancelled his residential UAE visa, and the decision to deport him back to Pakistan has also been signed off by a judge.
In an effort to ensure his return to Pakistan, a return ticket has also been provided to the court in Ajman.
Sources say Sadiq will be brought back to Islamabad upon receiving permission from the court.
Sadiq is suspected of embezzling a total of Rs 83 billion.
The deputy attorney general had earlier told the apex court that the charge-sheet prepared against Sadiq carried 10 allegations including misconduct and a fake LLM degree.
An inquiry committee had noted that the appointment of Sadiq as OGRA chairman was questionable.
He fled to the UAE in 2011, after the Supreme Court declared his appointment as OGRA chairman illegal.
The Supreme Court had ordered Sadiq’s arrest over three months ago.
