ISLAMABAD: The transfer of five officers of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) who were probing the sugar scams of Shehbaz Sharif, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, his son Hamza Shehbaz and PTI leader Jahangir Tareen has been cancelled a few hours after media reported the unexpected transfers.
The FIA director has issued a notification, announcing cancellation of the transfer of officers who were earlier ordered to report to FIA Sindh department, Geo TV reported it.
According to earlier notification, the FIA officials, transferred today were Raja Muhammad, Rana Faisal Munir, Zawar Ahmed, Sheeraz Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed, and Sibgatullah, but their transfer orders have been cancelled the same day. All these FIA officials are probing the sugar scandal against the PML(N) leader and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, Jehangir Tareen, an estranged PTI leader and others.
In the sugar scandal, the PML-N president and his son Hamza Shehbaz have been accused of laundering Rs25 billion, using the Ramazan Sugar Mills and Al-Arabiya Sugar Mills. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has submitted a charge sheet against Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza and 19 others in the money laundering case.
The FIA has also registered two separate cases against Tareen and his son Ali Tareen for committing fraud and money laundering involving Rs3.14 billion.
The cases against them were registered under PPC Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating of public shareholders) and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), read with Sections 3/4 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
Meanwhile, Director FIA Lahore Dr Rizwan has sent a letter to the head-office, seeking cancellation of all these transfers of the FIA officials with a view that the officials of the agency can be posted in another province only after serving for 10 years in one place.
