FIA to seek Interpol assistance in forex scam

LAHORE: Director General FIA Tariq Pervez, while talking to Geo News, said the government would seek Interpol assistance to arrest those culprits abroad who received illegally transferred currency there.Revealing the biggest ever monetary-scandal of the country DG FIA claimed that government had figured out culprits who transferred billions of dollars abroad illegally and soon government would take massive action against them in the country as well as abroad.Meanwhile, dollar dealers across the country including dealers at all the major airports of country are being strictly monitored, sources said.Earlier, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Lahore arrested two persons accused of running an illegal currency business and initiated an interrogation regarding their alleged involvement into laundering millions of rupees abroad.The FIA has launched a country-wide crack down against those running a business of ‘Hundi’ and illegal business of currency transfer. As a result, two persons allegedly carrying on illegal business of currency transfer locally known as ‘Hundi’ have been arrested from Gujranwala and shifted to FIA Lahore Headquarter for interrogation.Assistant Director FIA, Arif Aiwan arrested two persons, Naimatullah (Manager) and Tariq Mehmood (Cashier) associated with a local forex company.Director General FIA, Tariq Pervez says on the directive of Federal Government some of the persons involved in creating economic crisis in the country were arrested after they were identified. Talking to Geo News, he said Javed Khanani was arrested from Lahore while Manaf Kalia from Karachi.He said two persons Rustam Ali Khan and Tariq Mehmood were arrested from Khanani and Kalia’s franchised companies Duniya EnterprisesDG FIA Tariq Pervez said important evidence has been collected in the ongoing operation including computerized database, documents and large amounts of currencies.He said further investigation is underway after lodging a case in this connection at FIA Gujranwala Region(Geonews).

Deposed CJP: Iqbal, Quaid’s dreams be come true

SIALKOT: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry demanded Sunday, the dreams saw by the prominent leaders of Muslims of Sub-Continent Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, be come true in terms of attaining independent judiciary and hegemony of law in the country.Addressing to Sialkot Bar Association here he hoped every child of the nation would stand by lawyers’ movement to achieve Iqbal and Jinnah’s dream and added that exploitation of 1971 constitution caused Fall of Dhaka therefore no one would be allowed to distort the constitution of the state once again.Deposed Chief Justice, Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry said the independent judiciary is demand of constitution of Pakistan, adding during the 60 years of creation of Pakistan, neither judiciary was freed nor dream of good governance was materialized.Addressing the lawyers’ convention at Sialkot Bar in the tiny hours of Sunday morning, he said the day of November 9 has been set as it was the great day when greatest philosopher of Pakistan was born.On the occasion, people chanted slogans demanding the government to revert the 3 November actions taken by the then government and termed those actions anti-democratic.President Supreme Bar Association Ali Ahmed Kurd, Chaudhry Atizaz Ahmed, Munir A Malik and other lawyers accompanied Ifikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Independent judiciary is vital for good governance in the country, deposed CJ added.He said the role of judiciary has not been appreciable in connection with siding with the dictators in the country, adding whenever, any dictator broke the constitution, court came forward to give it legal cover."It is the rule of law and supremacy of constitution that put India on track of good governance which made the country make progress by leaps and bounds."The deposed CJP said the country is facing bad conditions, adding under these circumstances, the nation need independent judiciary and free courts.The deposed justice said the nation was afflicted with at least four martial laws in its short history ( Geonews ).