KARACHI:-
Zafar Qureshi, Additional Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency, resumed the investigation into the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam case after taking charge of his office on Monday, DawnNews reported.
Earlier on Saturday, he was stopped from attending his ‘first day’ in office when security officials barred him from entering the FIA building after a hoax call regarding a bomb.
Mr Qureshi was reinstated to his post last week after the Supreme Court quashed his July 4 suspension order.
He was suspended by the government apparently to keep him out of the investigation into the multi-billion-rupee NICL scam which also involves Moonis Elahi, the son of former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi whose party is a partner in the PPP-led coalition government at the centre.
ISLAMABAD:-
The federal government on Monday announced that it would conduct a judicial probe into the recent statements by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif accusing President Asif Ali Zardari of making threats against him, DawnNews reported.
Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department, former law minister Senator Babar Awan said that the federal government had taken serious notice of Mr Sharif’s statements.
Calling the statements irresponsible and non-serious, Mr Awan said the government was approaching for a judicial probe into the accusations against President Zardari.
Concerned officials have been directed regarding the formation of a judicial commission in this regard, he said.
On the other hand, Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Secretary Information of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), said that Mr Sharif was “not irresponsible like the Pakistan People’s Party leadership” and that Mr Sharif had evidence to support the allegations he had made against President Zardari
