The FIA spokesperson in a statement asserted that the facilitator, named Atif Bilal, of the international human trafficker gang has been arrested from the Hafizabad area of Gujranwala. The arrested accused used to receive ransom money from the family members of the abducted Pakistani citizens and transferred it to Iran through hawala/hundi channels. The spokesperson […]
The FIA spokesperson in a statement asserted that the facilitator, named Atif Bilal, of the international human trafficker gang has been arrested from the Hafizabad area of Gujranwala. The arrested accused used to receive ransom money from the family members of the abducted Pakistani citizens and transferred it to Iran through hawala/hundi channels. The spokesperson […]
The FIA and LESCO remained at odds on the overbilling issue. Earlier, the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) ‘barred’ its revenue officers from appearing before the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) team in an overbilling probe. As per details, the LESCO chief was assured of no more raids by the FIA, following which the officers ended […]
According to the details, the FIA officials intercepted two passengers – who reached Islamabad International Airport from Dubai – and seized a cache of 50 expensive mobile phones worth millions of rupees from their possession. Babar Ayub and Muhammd Salman were inspected for suspiciousness by the FIA team. During the checking 50 expensive mobile phones, […]
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will no longer be investigating or dealing with electronic crimes under its Cyber Crime Wing as the federal government has established another body afresh to do the task. The new National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) will probe the electronic crimes as the cybercrime wing stood defunct, a notification issued […]
As per the settlement, the LESCO administration will end overbilling phase-wise in three months, the FIA officials said, and added electric meters of the pending connections will be replaced in the same period. The FIA will pen a letter to the LESCO chief in case of any complaint, the power provider said, and added FIA […]
As per the details, the Director General of FIA wrote a letter to the zonal directors of FIA and sought the details of the cases registered along with ongoing inquiries against government officials and politicians across the country. The letter specifically seeks data on the number of cases that the FIA is handling against government […]
According to the details, the FIA authorities conducted a timely operation and arrested two passengers traveling on fake Bosnian visas and four agents for providing them with fake documents in Faisalabad. The arrested individuals were identified as Yaseen, Abdul Ahad, Fahad, Qadir, Nazim and Naveed. Both the arrested passengers were about to board a foreign […]
On Saturday, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) stopped Shehbaz Sharif from traveling abroad despite Lahore High Court Interim Order. Federal Investigation Agency officers told him that his name is still present on the blacklist in their system; they can’t allow him to travel. He said that he got permission from the high court; but officers said […]
A notification from FIA Director (cybercrime wing) announced the suspension of Assistant Director FIA cybercrime wing Muhammad Asif Iqbal. “Service of Muhammad Asif Iqbal, assistant director investigator (BPS-17) cybercrime is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect”. The notification came without any warning or show cause notice. However, the reason behind the officer’s suspension was […]
