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| Visa scam: Rehman Malik directs FIA not to arrest Abid Chaudhry |
| 2012-07-29 |
| [Dawn] Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to not arrest Abid Chaudhry, a central character in the UK visa scam who is associated with the Dream Land travel agency, DawnNews reported. Malik reportedly directed FIA authorities to investigate the matter and present a report on it without arresting Chaudhry. He ordered a report on the subject to be presented before him by Saturday evening and directed authorities to not harass Chaudhry. Chaudhry's name came to the fore when a British tabloid, The Sun, claimed to have unearthed a 'UK visa scam'. The Sun's report revolved around an undercover investigator and a network of Pak agents -- Malik Bashir and company known for sending people abroad on forged documents -- with alleged links to the passport and identity card offices. The paper said the officials first provided its undercover investigator with a genuine Pak passport in a false name. The information was backed by a footage of Abid Chaudhry (Dream Land's travel agent) claiming how for around £7,000 he could get its man a two-month visa...and smuggle him into London 2012 as part of Pakistain's Olympic squad. |
| Posted by:Fred |