Tag: Fia

ISLAMABAD - The government is heading towards a confrontation with the judiciary by not sacking FIA Director General Waseem Ahmed despite a Supreme Court (SC) order to remove him within three days that ended on Friday, as no notification in this regard was issued suggesting that the government would not take dictation from the judiciary in administrative matters.
It was for the third time on Tuesday that the SC asked the government to sack the FIA DG and all other officials

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid group's central leaders on Thursday filed three separate applications in the Supreme Court seeking action against Additional DG FIA Zafar Ahmed Qureshi under criminal law. The applications were filed by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Ch Pervaiz Elahi, Ch Wajahat Hussain and Ch Moonis Elahi through counsels Senator Wasim Sajjad, Senator SM Zafar and Dr Khalid Ranjha, said a press release issued from Ch Shujaat's residence.
The applicants have

ISLAMABAD - A six-member bench of the Supreme Court ordered the government on Tuesday to remove Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed from his post and submit a report to the Registrar Office within three days.
The SC bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the FIA's report on mismanagement and alleged corruption in Hajj affairs was dissatisfactory and it seemed as if it were being delayed deliberately to protect the accused. The

LAHORE - In order to prove his innocence in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) land purchase scam, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Chaudhry Moonis Elahi visited the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Office at the Regal Chowk to record his statement but the FIA sent him back again asking him to present his interim bail papers if he had any.
According to details, Moonis, son of former Punjab CM Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, is

GUJRANWALA - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested Al-Madina Group of Travel and Tours Proprietor Arif Mahmood who was involved in human trafficking and swindling money from a large number of innocent citizens. FIA Deputy Director Shahid Hussain said Arif Mahmood had been absconding for many years and was living in Gulf States. He added the accused had confessed that he swindled millions of rupees from a large number of people.
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LAHORE - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday requested the high commissioner for the United Kingdom to hold an inquiry against the consular attache at the High Commission for Pakistan, London, for attesting the affidavit of a proclaimed offender of the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL), Pakistan Today has learnt.
An official letter available with Pakistan Today forwarded by FIA investigators to the High Commission for Pakistan, London, said the FIA sent a

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Abdul Qadir Gilani on Monday appeared at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Headquarters, where he was summoned to answer questions regarding his alleged involvement in the Haj corruption case.
He was handed over a questionnaire asking him to explain how did he bought a bulletproof black Toyota Prado Land Cruiser, its mode of payment, and the amount of Customs Duty paid for it. He was also asked to produce relevant documents

ISLAMABAD - Establishment Secretary Abdul Rauf Chaudhry on Saturday confirmed that a notification regarding the termination of contract of FIA DG Waseem Ahmed had not been issued. "We have not issued any such notification for the termination of Ahmed's reemployment after retirement, but the Establishment Division has issued notifications of termination of contracts of 10 other reemployed government officials," he added.
Ahmed said he was still holding his office and his contract

ISLAMABAD - Former federal minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi on Friday failed to convince the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) about the ownership of his property in Rahim Yar Khan. According to a source in the FIA, Kazmi told a team that some one had gifted him the said property.
When Kazmi was asked why he did not transfer the property in the name of seminary he had been running for years, he could not provide a satisfactory reply. However, he maintained that

ISLAMABAD - Acting upon the orders of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sacked eight high-ranking contractual government officials. However, the notification for sacking Federal Investigation Agency Director General Wasim Ahmed, also a contractual officer, was not issued until the filing of this report.
The court had recently ordered the government to review the appointments made in government departments on contractual basis. Establishment Division Secretary

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the attorney general to talk to the government to provide complete protection to the FIA additional director general, who is leading the probe into the NICL scam and facing life threats. A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case against violation of Public Procurement Rules, 2004, causing

LAHORE - A dairy farm of Al-Tahoor, located in Kasur was seized by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday because it is owned by Moonis Elahi, who is allegedly involved in a land scam of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL). Sources said that the FIA officials on Wednesday raided the said dairy and seized it, taking charge of all the activities.
All the workers are doing their jobs and the aim is to stop the movement of tractors, animals and other possessions from

KARACHI - Hundreds of youngsters from Sindh, and particularly from Karachi, hoping to head to the Gulf and Europe for employment, are falling prey to fake overseas recruiting agencies in the city that operate under the alleged patronage of Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) authorities, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The FIA has received many complaints against fake overseas recruiting agencies, but no punitive action has been taken against these agencies due to the influential

LAHORE - FIA Additional Director General Zafar Qureshi has been served a legal notice demanding a payment of Rs 50 million as a token compensation for defaming the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid and its leadership due to his intentional mala fide acts and misquoting the record of the court.
He was served the notice by Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain through Irfan Arif advocate. According to the legal notice, Qureshi had been warned of legal action, criminal as well as civil, if he failed

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday issued summons for Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's son Abdul Qadir Gilani for his alleged involvement in the Haj scam. Sources said the decision to interrogate Abdul Qadir was taken following the SC's directions to FIA to question him in connection with the scam.
They said Abdul Qadir allegedly received Rs 20 million from former Haj DG Shakil Ahmad. In his statement to the FIA, PML-N MNA Imran Shah had said Abdul

ISLAMABAD - Former federal religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi on Sunday criticised Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for running a 'mudslinging campaign' against him. Addressing a press conference here, he said the FIA, acting at the behest of some others, was involved in spreading rumours about his sources of income.
"The FIA is misleading the public about my bank accounts. One of my brothers is abroad and sends me foreign currency in my account," he claimed. He said

KARACHI - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has requested the American and British consulates to help arresting the absconders of the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam, FIA Sindh Director Moazzam Jah said at a press conference held at the FIA camp office in Karachi.
"We have contacted the consulates and provided them with copies of the culprits' red warrants. We shall bring the absconders back and try them in a Pakistani court," Jah said. The FIA is making