ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency has issued summon to Moonis Elahi, son of former chief minister Punjab Parvez Elahi, for investigation in National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) case, Geo News reported. Moonis was allegedly involved in facilitating one of the land deals of the NICL scam. Sources said the name of Moonis Elahi came to light during an investigation into the NICL scam and some members of Warraich family informed the FIA investigators that Moonis had facilitated the purchase of 20-kanal land near the airport.
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered to arrest the Director General Federal Investigation Agency, Geo News reported. The order to arrest DG FIA Wasim Ahmed came during hearing into NICL scam. A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case against the alleged corruption of over Rs5 billion in the NICL affairs. The order was issued on the statement of an FIA official that the DG FIA was protecting an accused, Amin Qaim Dada. The official told the court that they could not arrest Amin Dada because when they raided, Wasim Ahmed was with him. The apex court was informed on Monday that an arrested accused of Rs5 billion corruption scam in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) had told the investigators that he had given Rs220 million to Moonis Elahi, the son of former Punjab chief minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi, from the plundered money. Appearing on notice, Deputy Director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Zafar Qureshi, told the court that Muhammad Malick, an arrested accused of the NICL scam, had admitted that he had given Rs220 million from the plundered amount to Moonis Elahi. He said the accused was the Manager of Al-Tahoor International, a company owned by Moonis Elahi. Secretary Interior Qamar Zaman told the court that Zafar Iqbal Qureshi has been assigned to investigate the scam. The chief justice had expressed annoyance over the transfer of Zafar Iqbal Qureshi, who has been supervising the NICL scam since the last year, but has now been posted at the Police Foundation, Islamabad.
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NEW DELHI: Lieutenant General P.K. Rath, who was found guilty in the Sukhna land scam by an Army Court in New Delhi, was on Saturday handed down a sentence including a two-year seniority loss and forfeiture of 15 years of service for pension purposes. Lieutenant General Rath was found guilty on three counts — firstly for providing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the construction of the building next to the Army headquarters in Sukna, secondly for signing a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) with the private builder and thirdly for not informing the Eastern Command headquarters while the process was being carried on by him. “To take rank and precedence as if appointment as substantiating the Lieutenant General bore dated May 24, 2010, forfeiture of 15 years service for pensionary benefits and severely reprimand,” General Court Martial (GCM) Presiding Officer Lieutenant General I.J. Singh said in his verdict. This verdict will now have to be confirmed by the Army Chief and the Defence Ministry. The land scam came into the open in mid-2008 and the names of Lieutenant General Rath and Lieutenant General Avadhesh Prakash figured among the senior army officers who influenced the decision to issue the NOC to a Siliguri-based private builder to construct an educational institution on a 70-acre land adjacent to the Sukna military station in Darjeeling. The private builder had floated a trust – Agarwal Geetanjali Education Trust – to set up an affiliate school of the prestigious Mayo College in the area.
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LAHORE: An accountability bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered to freeze the accounts and confiscate the properties of Hamesh Khan and five others accused in Punjab Bank scam case. National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab was of the view before the court that the accused in Punjab Bank case including Hamesh Khan, Sheikh Afzal, Haroon Aziz, Shoaib Qureshi and Sheikh Muneer could not meet their stipulated plea bargain; hence, courts should freeze their accounts and confiscate their properties. On request by the NAB, Accountability Court-5 Judge Subh Sadiq Wattoo issued orders to freeze accounts of the accused and that their properties be confiscated.
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Investigation Agency’s probe into the Haj scam
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The investigation into the NATO containers scam has confirmed the smuggling of liquor and arms in the containers supposed to carry goods for the forces based in Afghanistan.
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LONDON: Cricket’’s world governing body charged three Pakistan stars accused in a betting scam with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them Thursday, as the trio protested their innocence. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were barred from taking part in all cricket matches with immediate effect, although they can appeal the suspension. Earlier, Pakistan’’s ambassador to Britain said after meeting the trio that they had asked to miss the rest of the team’’s tour of England because of the scandal, but said he believed their insistence that they were innocent. The ICC said it had charged the three stars with offences under its anti-corruption code and they had been provisionally suspended pending a decision on those charges. “We will not tolerate corruption in cricket – simple as that,” said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat. “We must be decisive with such matters and if proven, these offences carry serious penalties up to a life ban. “The ICC will do everything possible to keep such conduct out of the game and we will stop at nothing to protect the sport’’s integrity. While we believe the problem is not widespread, we must always be vigilant. “It is important, however, that we do not pre-judge the guilt of these three players. That is for the independent tribunal alone to decide.” Earlier, Butt, Aamer and Asif met with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt and Pakistan’’s ambassador to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, at the diplomat’’s London office. Speaking afterwards, Hasan said: “The three players have said that they are extremely disturbed by what has happened in the past week, especially in regard of their alleged involvement in the crime. “They mentioned that they are entirely innocent in the whole episode and shall defend their innocence as such.
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LONDON: Three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of illegal betting allegations are innocent, Pakistan’’s ambassador to Britain said Thursday after meeting the players. Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan told a scrum of media that Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif had declared their innocence and vowed to fight the allegations. “The three players have said that they are extremely disturbed by what has happened in the past week, especially in regard of their alleged involvement in the crime,” Hasan told reporters. “They mentioned that they are entirely innocent in the whole episode and shall defend their innocence as such.” Hasan said the trio had requested to be withdrawn from Pakistan’’s remaining fixtures on their tour of England due to the “mental torture” they had suffered since the scandal broke. “They maintain that on account of the mental torture which has deeply affected them, they are not in the right frame of mind to play the remaining matches,” Hasan said. “Therefore, they have requested that the Pakistan Cricket Board not consider them for the remaining matches.” Asked later if he believed the trio were innocent, Hasan replied: “Yes, I believe in their innocence.” Butt, Aamer and Asif were all named in a News of the World report which alleged they were involved in a “spot-fixing” scam by bowling deliberate no-balls in last week’’s Test match with England in exchange for cash. The revelations have shocked the cricket world and led to calls from figures within the game that the players involved should be banned for life.
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Three Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an illegal betting scam maintained their innocence on Thursday after withdrawing from their team's scandal-tainted tour of England.
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3 Arrests Made in Pakistan Cricket Scandal Two of the three Pakistani cricket players embroiled in an alleged betting scam on their team's tour of England are well-known veterans, while the third is a…
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