Court orders FIA to submit report on ex-secretary by 5th
* FIA says Shakeel, who tempered his age column in CV, was also involved in other corruption cases
By Ali Hassan
ISLAMABAD: Senior Civil Judge Mahmood Haroon on Tuesday ordered Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to submit investigation report on ex-additional secretary of Establishment Division in Hajj scam till November 5.
A First Information Report (FIR) vide 3/11 on March 17, 2011 was registered against S.M Tahir a resident of G-6/3, under sections 409/420/467/468/471/109,3, 4 PPC r/w 5 (2) 1947 PCA.
According to probe report, Tahir was member of selection committee who appointed Rao Shakeel as Director General (DG) Hajj. Certain irregularities were committed during the appointment procedure. Tahir also instructed the Shakeel to hire costly building for pilgrims.
The FIA official informed the court about the statements of two additional secretaries and other officers accusing Ismail Qureshi of suppressing the information that Shakeel did not deserve to become DG because he had tampered with his age column in the unsigned curriculum vitae and was involved in corruption cases being investigated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The court noted that the additional secretary, who had prepared the working paper for the special selection board that approved the appointment, had not mentioned the two disqualifications. Tahir stated that Qureshi had asked him not to bring the information to the notice of the selection board.
The FIA also presented evidence that linked Tahir to Ahmed Faiz, another main accused in the Haj scandal. The investigators alleged that Faiz was working on Tahir and Hamid Saeed Kazmi directions but Tahir had denied that he had any contact with Faiz, the middleman for hiring accommodation in Saudi Arabia.
FIA informed the court that the Shakeel was in the custody of NAB Punjab and FIA requested to produce him in Islamabad for investigation.
The official further informed the court that the FIA located some plots of Tahir and also investigating whether that property belong to him or not. He also said that the links between Tahir and Faiz were proved and investigators presented phone records that showed calls were made to Faiz from Tahir’s mobile.
The official also informed the court that on April 1 the FIA took permission to check 21 banking records of six persons including Tahir, Former Minister of State for Religious Affairs Shagufta Jumani, Religious Ministry Secretary Agha Qazilbash, Former DG Hajj brother in law Nadeem Khan, Former DG Hajj relatives M Aleem Khan and M Waseem Khan. After checking the bank accounts record it was also turned out that there were millions of rupees transferred during year 2009-2010 to the account of Tahir. The FIA arrested Tahir on October 6 from the court premises when Special Judge Central (SJC) Sohail Nasir rejected his bail. On October 8 FIA got two-day physical remand of Tahir by said court and after that he sent to judicial lockup on October 10. The court adjourned the case till November 5 for further proceeding.
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