Tag: FIA

  • Two men arrested for pretending to be women

    Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has detained two men in Lahore — one of them a foreign national — on charges of looting people while posing as women on Facebook, Samaa has reported.

    The Cyber Crime Wing has arrested one foreigner and one local man named Darlington and Asif Ali, respectively.

    FIA Additional Director Shahid Hussain said that during the investigation, the suspects said that they duped people by uploading pictures of beautiful girls. They chatted with different men and then looted them by asking them for dollars.

    As per the FIA, “They force youngsters and women to send them inappropriate pictures and then blackmail them.”

    Earlier, FIA booked model Ifrah Khan on charges of blackmailing a businessman and demanding extortion of millions from him.

  • Model Ifrah Khan arrested for blackmailing and extorting lacs from an entrepreneur

    Model Ifrah Khan arrested for blackmailing and extorting lacs from an entrepreneur

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Cyber Crime Wing booked model Ifrah Khan on the charge of blackmailing a businessman and demanding extortion of Millions from him.

    According to reports, the budding model had made a video with the businessman and demanded a whopping Rs 10 million as extortion. A case was registered against her by the entrepreneur.

    The FIA said that Ifra Khan had got transferred Rs 500,000 from the businessman till now.

    The model has been arrested for the illegal act in Lahore.

  • Eight PPP leaders summoned to FIA

    Eight PPP leaders summoned to FIA

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued notices to eight members of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), including provincial ministers. FIA has summoned them in person, reported Hum News.

    FIA notices have been issued to Nasir Shah, Saeed Ghani, Nafisa Shah, Qadir Patel, Shahida Rahmani, Naz Baloch, Shela Raza, and Qadir Khan Mandokhel.

    PPP leader Nafisa Shah said that the PPP members have been summoned after receiving a message from a nominee in a case regarding anti-Chief Justice speech.

    “The members have been notified by the FIA by issuing notices under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA),” stated Nafisa Shah.

    “State machinery is being used to silence PPP spokespersons and leaders. Receiving a message from a person on WhatsApp does not constitute a crime nor does the PECA law apply,” added Nafisa Shah.

    The PPP leader said, “Political leaders receive thousands of messages. If receiving messages is criminalised, the whole world will be in jail.”

    She said that the PPP could not be silenced by such tactics and that the FIA ​​is misusing its powers.

    “Like the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), FIA is being used by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for political engineering,” said Nafisa Shah. 

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat ‘arrested’ by FIA
    
			
    Journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat ‘arrested’ by FIA
    
			
    Senior journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat went missing on Saturday morning from Lahore. 
    

    Hamid took to Twitter and confirmed the news. “Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crimes Wing Lahore kidnapped journalist Amir Mir in Lahore this morning.” 
    

    

    


    

    

    

    “We came to know about his location after 5 hours. FIA snatched his [Amir Mir’s] phone and laptop,” read the tweet. Amir Mir is Hamid Mir’s brother.
    

    Hamid Mir also wrote about the disappearance of Imran Shafqat, stating that FIA arrested him as well.
    

    Meanwhile, Imran Shafqat was arrested from his house by use of force. As per reports, around10 people, both men, and women barged into his residence, raided his place, and took him away. 
    

    Talking to BBC, Imran Shafqat’s sister Anum Noor said, “The bell rang at our house in Mughalpura area of Lahore at 12:30pm today. My brother Imran Shafqat opened the door after which 10 people entered our house.” 
    

    Anum Noor said eight of the 10 people were without uniforms and two were wearing “white uniforms”.
    

    “They said we came from the FIA. Didn’t say more than that. Neither did they show an arrest warrant,” added Noor.
    

    “They dragged my brother out of the house,” said Noor Anum.
    

    Journalist Shahid Aslam confirmed that both Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat are in the custody of FIA. 
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Director FIA Cyber Crimes Wing Lahore, DIG Babar Bakht is supervising the investigation, as per Shahid Aslam.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Reportedly Imran Shafqat is accused of doing a Vlog against the “First Lady” whereas the reasons to arrest Amir Mir are still unknown. 
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Some say Amir Mir has been arrested for a news story that ran on his YouTube channel, Googly News.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Twitter reacted to the alleged abduction of both Imran Shafqat and Amir Mir.
    

    Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) tweeted, “We demand safe return and an immediate inquiry into the circumstances of his disappearance.”
    

    

    


    

    

    

     Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto strongly condemned the arrest of journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat and demanded their release.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Journalist Raza Rumi tweeted, “I have spent about 18 summers of my life in England. I have seen the British media, they are very open and free. But the Pakistan media, in my opinion, is freer than the British media: PM Imran Khan.”
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Journalist Asma Shirazi questions, “When will the disappearance of journalists stop?”
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Journalist Zebunnia Burki tweeted, ” I’d say unbelievable, but it’s really not.”
    

    

    


    

    

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    FIA adds Shahzawar Bugti’s name to ECL
    
			
    FIA adds Shahzawar Bugti’s name to ECL
    
			
    The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber ​​Crime Wing has added Akbar Bugti’s son Shahzawar Bugti to the Exit Control List (ECL).
    

    As per reports, the Cyber ​​Crime Wing has formed teams in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar to arrest accused Shahzawar Bugti.
    

    His wife, Wishah, has recorded a statement at the Cyber ​​Crime Wing and provided further evidence against Shahzawar. The Cyber ​​Crime Wing has assured Wishah that the accused cannot escape the law.
    

     Wishah Abubakr has accused her husband, Shahzawar Bugti, the son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, of domestic violence and sharing her private videos on social media.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    PTI: Party within a party?
    
			
    PTI: Party within a party?
    
			
    A rift between the pro-Tareen faction within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is creating issues for the ruling party.
    

    On July 24, Lahore police lodged a first information report (FIR) against PTI’s MPA in Punjab, Nazir Chohan. He is a prominent member of the disgruntled Jahangir Khan Tareen (JKT) group. The FIR against Chohan was registered at the request of Adviser to the Prime Minister Imran Khan on Interior and Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar.
    

    Bail was granted to Nazir Chohan on July 27 after police arrested him from Johar Town area in Lahore.
    

    A statement issued by JKT spokesperson said that the group members wouldn’t be scared by such tactics.
    

    “An individual present in Islamabad is using the institutions for personal interests but we will not let anyone achieve their ill-intentions,” said the spokesperson on JKT’s behalf.
    

    Shahzad Akbar on Thursday said that Member of Punjab Assembly Nazir Chohan “falsely accused” him and then “continued to voice his claims openly”.
    

    The PM’s aide asserted that Chohan ran a “fake campaign” against him, “putting his life, as well as those of his family at risk”.
    

    “I lodged a complaint to the police and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as a common citizen,” said Akbar.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    According to the police, Chohan had been initially arrested for his comments against Akbar during a private TV channel’s show and was to be shifted to the FIA’s cybercrime office. Whereas, the recent arrest was made over a separate complaint against Chohan, filed by Akbar for remarking on the latter’s religious beliefs.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    CM Punjab’s aide harasses man by sending him sexually explicit videos
    
			
    CM Punjab’s aide harasses man by sending him sexually explicit videos
    
			
    A sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered registration of a first information report (FIR) against Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Investment Sardar Tanveer Ilyas for harassing a man through WhatsApp and sending him “sexually explicit videos”, reports Dawn.
    

    The orders were issued by Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Ata Rabbani while hearing a petition filed by complainant Khawaja Faheem.
    

    According to the petitioner’s counsel, Imran Feroz Malik, his client met Ilyas at the Centaurus Mall in October 2019 during the launching ceremony of a private project. Ilyas who according to the petitioner is the owner of Centaurus Mall, invited him to his residence for Iftar dinner which Faheem accepted considering it a business meeting.
    

    Following the meeting, the CM’s adviser sent a few messages along with “sexually explicit videos” to Faheem from his WhatsApp number, which the latter found disturbing, and which caused him “mental agony and trauma”, according to his lawyer.
    

    He reported the matter to the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Cell, Faheem’s lawyer said.
    

    After the case was taken to the sessions court by the complainant, the FIA submitted its reply, saying the forensic analysis was conducted on the mobile phone of the petitioner and it transpired he had in fact received the video.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ‘Do I look like a terrorist to you,’ Nadeem Malik responds to FIA
    
			
    ‘Do I look like a terrorist to you,’ Nadeem Malik responds to FIA
    
			
    The Counter-Terrorism Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)  has summoned SAMAA TV’s senior anchorperson Nadeem Malik and asked him to disclose his sources in the Judge Arshad Malik video leak scandal case.
    

    Nadeem Malik has said that he will not appear. “The notice has been issued by the terrorism wing. Do I look like a terrorist to you?”
    

    The notice demands that Malik reveal his sources. “There is no law across the globe that can force a journalist to quote their sources,” the anchorperson said.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    On April 28, Nadeem Malik during his show ‘Nadeem Malik Live’ said that he had a chance to meet with two members of the FIA team that was investigating the video leak scandal against late accountability court judge Arshad Malik.
    

    “It could be perceived from what they [members of the FIA team] told me that there was a video of Judge Arshad Malik. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was banking on Judge Malik granting bail to Nawaz Sharif. He had contacts with the PML-N, so there were assurances,” the anchorperson said.
    

    “The other party, which I would not name, as many people can understand, they got their hands on that 30-year-old video of Judge Malik. It was an objectionable video that was recorded 30 years ago when Judge Malik was posted in Multan. There were other people too and the whole video is there.”
    

    According to the anchorperson, the late judge was called to a place at Constitution Avenue and was told that the video would be made public if a ‘favourable’ verdict was not given in cases against Nawaz Sharif.
    

    The judge gave the verdict and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was disqualified.
    

    “The PML-N got their hands on the same video and Judge Arshad Malik came to meet Nawaz Sharif and apologised, saying he couldn’t do anything as they had his video,” Nadeem Malik said.
    

    “They [PML-N leaders] told him that they have the same video too, and, while Judge Malik was narrating the events, he was recorded once again. It was recorded by Nasir Sahib who has gone to London.”
    

    The FIA is handling the case through its Counter-Terrorism Wing at its headquarters in Islamabad. It had told Nadeem Malik to appear on June 6, along with documents and evidence to support what he said on his show.
    

    “Please refer to your Nadeem Malik Live Programme on SAMAA NEWS dated 28-04-2021 revealed that you have important information which can be relevant for the agency to further investigate the above mentioned and to link some relevant persons with this case,” the notice says.
    

    Civil society and journalists condemned the notice.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    FIA summons Shehbaz Sharif in sugar scam inquiry
    
			
    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif for questioning in connection with its ongoing probe into the sugar scam.
    

    Shehbaz Sharif has been asked to turn up at the FIA Lahore office on June 22, reports ARY News.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    The subpoena served to Shehbaz warned him of legal action, including his possible arrest, in case he fails to show up before the FIA. He is required to bring all the relevant documents along with him besides his replies to four questions the probe team has asked him.
    

    The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Shehbaz Sharif from outside the Lahore High Court (LHC) in a money-laundering case last year in September. He was recently granted bail on April 22, 2021. 
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    FIA bars Shehbaz from leaving the country
    
			
    FIA bars Shehbaz from leaving the country
    
			
    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif was stopped by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from leaving the country earlier today. According to the FIA, Sharif’s name is on the Person-Not-In-List (PNIL), which means that persons who are not on Exit Control List (ECL) or on black list can be stopped through PNIL. On Friday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) said Shehbaz has “one time” permission to fly abroad for medical treatment. Sharif was all set to take a flight to London but the FIA stopped him at immigration at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore.
    

    Talking to The Current, PML-N leader Attaullah Tarar said that this is a blatant violation of court orders despite FIA officials being present in court. “Such pettiness on behalf of the government has only exposed their nefarious designs.” Tarar, who is also part of the legal team in Sharif’s case, said that if this delay gives the prime minister satisfaction for a few days, “let him be happy”. 
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted that Director General (DG) FIA has the authority to remove a name from a black list. “Shehbaz Sharif’s lawyers have not submitted any application to DG FIA to remove his [Sharif’s] name from the blacklist.” Chaudhry added that communicating something verbally does not mean there will be any change in the record. “The government will move the court against this decision.”
    

    

    


    

    

    

    Talking to the media, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the FIA has added Sharif’s name in another list. She said that despite written order by the LHC, stopping Shehbaz Sharif from travelling is tantamount to contempt of court. Marriyum Aurangzeb added that now we are being told by the FIA that the system has not been updated even though there were two FIA officials present in court when the LHC granted Sharif permission to travel abroad.