Tag: Fia

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to investigate embezzlement of millions of rupees in Tawana Pakistan Project (TPP), apprehending that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) may hush up the case. A source told Pakistan Today that the NAB had asked the FIA through the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly to transfer the case to it. "The FIA has already completed its investigation into this case," he added.
The source further said

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team has completed investigation into Tawana Pakistan Health Project scam case and it will submit the findings to the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on December 24 (Friday).
A source told Pakistan Today on Tuesday that Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of FIA found misappropriation of Rs 170 million funds.
He said that under the project, Rs 310 million had been allocated to a private company for supply of milk, juices and

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab will recover the total embezzled money in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam until December 31, FIA Punjab Director Zafar Ahmed Qureshi said on Tuesday in a press conference at his office.
Qureshi told journalists that FIA Punjab had summoned wife and two daughters of former defence state minister Major (r) Habibullah Warraich to appear before inquiry officers in order to record their statements but Warriach

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab on Monday summoned head of Pakistani chapter of Transparency International Adil Gilani to appear on December 23 to record his statement in National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) case.
FIA sources said that FIA investigators will include Adil Gilani in investigations after the disclosures by arrested nominated accused in NICL including former chairman NICL Ayyaz Khan Niazi.
Sources said Adil Gilani is being summoned as

ISLAMABAD: Besides political means, the Pakistan People's Party government also used other channels to persuade Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to stay a part of the coalition government. A source privy to this development told Pakistan Today that the government had also involved Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General (DG) Waseem Ahmed - considered to be close to the MQM as he has worked as the city police officer in Karachi - to help explain the joint

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested the nephew of former Religious Affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi for his alleged involvement in the Haj scam.
The FIA team arrested Kazmi's nephew Malik Khokhar from Lahore and raids were being carried out to arrest Rana Irfan, another one of Kazmi's relative accused in the scam, an FIA official told Pakistan Today.
He said Malik was arrested after the FIA team probing the haj scam received evidence regarding

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sent a written request to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for the arrest of former Religious Affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi after gaining two pieces of evidence against him for his involvement in the Haj accommodation scam, an agency official told Pakistan Today on Tuesday.
"The FIA has received solid evidence and clues about the involvement of the former minister for religious affairs in the Haj corruption scandal, and

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a human trafficker on Tuesday and recovered 51 passports, two driving licenses, two medical reports for attaining visa and four computerised national identity cards (CNIC) from his possession. FIA Punjab Director Zafar Qureshi said that the agency had received information that the Al-Nasir Travel Agency, Hafizabad was illegally sending intending immigrants to Oman, Malaysia, Dubai and Kuwait on which he directed FIA Gujranwala

ISLAMABAD: The crucial visit of the three-member Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team probing the Hajj accommodation scam had been put off for a day due to a delay in the issuance of visas and now it will proceed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today (Tuesday).
According to an agency official, the team comprising FIA Director Hassan Asghar, FIA Deputy Director Khalid Rasool and FIA Inspector Main Sabir would collect evidence from the crime scene in Jeddah, where investigators would

ISLAMABAD: Science and Technology Minister Mohammad Azam Khan Swati on Monday submitted a written statement to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in reference to the Haj corruption case, in which he has accused the minister for Religious Affairs of being involved in the scam. Swati submitted his statement to FIA Director General (DG) Waseem Ahmad, in which he quoted the Religious Affairs secretary as saying that Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was involved in the Hajj

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday warned Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed for adopting a lenient approach while probing into alleged corruption and mishandling of Haj affairs, calling his conduct "disappointing".
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed surprise over the DG's decision to entrust the investigations to a grade 16 officer. "This is a high profile case involving prestige of the country, but an FIA inspector has been

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will bring former minister of state for defense Habibullah Warraich's son Mohsin Warraich - the main nominated accused in the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) Scam - to Pakistan before December 9, FIA Punjab Director Zafar Qureshi claimed on Tuesday.
He made these comments while addressing a press conference at his office about the arrest of proclaimed offender Mazhar Iqbal Butter, considered to be the top-most

ISLAMABAD: The intention and sincerity of the Pakistan People's Party government to expand the investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto will be clear only if all those she had named in her letter are also served a questionnaire similar to the one FIA sent to former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf.
Political circles have termed the government's decision to expand the investigation by involving Musharraf a political gimmick to hoodwink the people and divert their

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials have refused any bargain with Chairman National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) Ayyaz Khan Niaz prior to his arrest, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday.
Well placed FIA sources told Pakistan Today that lawyer of Ayyaz Khan Niazi has contacted the lawyer of FIA and offered them a settlement. Sources said that the lawyer of Ayyaz Khan Niazi requested FIA officials through their lawyer to stop raiding at different residences of

KARACHI: In order to enlist help in carrying out raids to curb the illegal selling of Dreambox across the country, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) has written letters to Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Dream box and revolving dish are equipments smuggled from India which allow free 'Direct to Home' (DTH) access to all the channels in the world.
"A complaint was filed by Cable Operators Assocation

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team probing the Benazir Buhtto murder case has included former president Pervez Musharraf in the investigation and sent him a 32-point questionnaire on several key issues.
Referring to a letter written to Musharraf by Benazir Bhutto in which she informed him about threats to her life, the investigation team has asked the former military ruler why foolproof security was not provided by his regime to Benazir even after the Taliban

KARACHI: Taking serious note of the deportation of 106 Pakistanis, 54 from Punjab and 52 from Balochistan, at the Taftan Check Post, Interior Minister Rehman Malik ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general on Sunday to ensure that every last man involved in human trafficking is put behind bars.
He issued this order while presiding over a high-level meeting held at the National Crisis Management Cell in Karachi to review the grave issue of human trafficking,