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  • FIA foils human trafficking attempt, rescues woman at Karachi airport

    FIA foils human trafficking attempt, rescues woman at Karachi airport

    The immigration wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has offloaded three passengers from a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-bound flight at the Jinnah International Airport, preventing an attempt to traffic a woman for sexual exploitation.

    According to an FIA spokesperson, the operation uncovered an organised network involved in human smuggling and sexual exploitation. The passengers included the victim, identified as Sumaira, and two suspected traffickers, namely Nosheen Ishaq and her husband Jamshed Iqbal, who were attempting to take the victim to the UAE. 

    Following the victim’s identification, two additional facilitators, Asim and Noman, were also taken into custody.

    The FIA said the victim had been recruited by a woman named Shamila through Facebook and WhatsApp, where she was lured with the promise of a monthly salary of Rs150,000.

    Shamila, along with Nosheen and Jamshed, allegedly arranged the victim’s travel to the UAE and had previously sent several women abroad under similar circumstances.

    During a raid at Shamila’s flat in Karachi’s Azam, officials recovered mobile phones containing WhatsApp conversations, photographs and records of financial transactions.

    Investigators said Asim and Noman provided logistical assistance, including travel arrangements and transportation.

    All suspects have been handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Karachi for further probe.

  • Karachi FIA pulls off biggest recovery in its history

    Karachi FIA pulls off biggest recovery in its history

    A petroleum company accused of causing a Rs47 billion loss to the national exchequer has begun making payments in what is being described as the largest recovery in the history of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Karachi.


    The development was revealed in a detailed report submitted to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by FIA Karachi Corporate Crime Circle chief Ayaz Mehr, who has been overseeing the investigation.


    According to the report, the company allegedly failed to deposit petroleum levy amounts collected on fuel sales into the government treasury between 2019 and 2022. The unpaid levy, officials say, was withheld through fraudulent means, causing losses estimated at Rs47 billion.


    The fraud case was filed by Ashfaq Ahmed, Deputy Director at the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum. Thirteen individuals were nominated as accused, including the company’s owners, two women, and members of its board of directors. Among those named is former K-Electric managing director Tabish Gohar.



    Investigations into the case continued for two years under different investigating officers. Following the prolonged probe, the company agreed to repay the outstanding amount to the government.


    As part of the recovery process, the company has deposited an initial cash installment of Rs1 billion. In addition, post-dated cheques worth Rs46.4 billion have been submitted, along with an unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantee.

    Confirming the development, FIA Karachi Corporate Crime Circle head and Deputy Director Ayaz Mehr said the report detailing the recovery and investigation has been formally submitted to the Public Accounts Committee.

  • French visas for sale? FIA uncovers fraud involving FBR officer

    French visas for sale? FIA uncovers fraud involving FBR officer

    The FIA Anti-Corruption Circle in Islamabad has exposed a visa fraud scandal involving a second secretary of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), authorities said.


    According to the FIA, Atiqur Rehman, who is a serving second secretary at the FBR, fraudulently included two private individuals in an official government delegation by falsely presenting them as FBR officials, helping them to obtain French visas in exchange for Rs5.3 million.


    The investigation found that the French Embassy was misled through official government email correspondence, which falsely verified the two individuals, Muhammad Kamran and Aamir Shahzad as FBR employees. One of the men is a driver, while the other is a property dealer, the FIA said.


    Following the discovery of substantial evidence, the FIA registered a criminal case against the FBR officer and others involved. The agency has also decided to review visas issued to all FBR officers in light of the fraud.


    Kamran and Shahzad were reportedly offloaded and arrested at Islamabad International Airport by FIA immigration staff on suspicion. Investigators said the illicit funds were transferred to the FBR officer through banking channels, and complete financial records have been secured.


    An FIR has been registered at the FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad and a formal investigation is currently underway. Authorities added that Atiqur Rehman will be arrested shortly.

  • FIA files case against Faiz Hameed’s brother over land record fraud

    FIA files case against Faiz Hameed’s brother over land record fraud

    The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Corruption Cell on Monday registered a case against Najaf Hameed, the brother of former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed.

    The case also names Abdul Zahoor and Khalid Munir as suspects. The case relates to the alleged transfer of land through forged documents when Najaf Hameed was serving as a patwari (land record officer) in Islamabad.

    The FIA initiated the case after completing its preliminary inquiry. Officials said the investigation has begun.

    The FIR registered under sections 109, 409, 420, 468, and 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) notes that fake registries and incomplete transfers of land were made in 2009 and 2010. Instead of transferring one kanal, only 10 marlas of land were reportedly transferred, while official records were tampered.

    In December last year, former director general (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)  Faiz Hameed, was sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment. The charges against him included engaging in political activities, violating the Official Secrets Act, misuse of authority, and causing wrongful loss to individuals.

    According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a Field General Court Martial was initiated against Faiz Hameed on August 12, 2024, under provisions of the Pakistan Army Act. The proceedings spanned over 15 months.


    Authorities are carrying out further inquiries to establish the full extent of the alleged irregularities.

  • 214 FIA officers face action over human trafficking, corruption

    214 FIA officers face action over human trafficking, corruption

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has punished 214 officers over the last four months of 2025 following complaints related to human trafficking, corruption, indiscipline, and inefficiency, officials said.

    According to details, 76 officers were dismissed from service, nine were demoted to lower ranks, two were removed, while disciplinary action of varying nature was taken against 127 others. The punishments followed departmental inquiries involving officers from the rank of constable to deputy director.

    A senior FIA official said the scope of internal action was expanded after the establishment of the Directorate of Internal Accountability (DIA) at FIA headquarters in August 2025. Similar accountability structures were later set up at the zonal level under zonal directors.

    The accountability mechanism was strengthened after boat incidents in Europe and Africa in which Pakistani nationals lost their lives the official said, adding that a high-level inquiry revealed the involvement of some FIA personnel in human smuggling.

    The official also referred to the International Monetary Fund’s report titled Pakistan: Governance and Corruption Diagnostic, published in November 2025, which pointed to corruption in public departments as a factor behind institutional inefficiency.

    To address the issue, FIA Director General Riffat Mukhtar Raja delegated accountability powers to additional director generals of the North and South zones and to zonal directors.

    Officials said an online technology module was developed for the DIA to track inquiries from the receipt of complaints to disposal, including the appeal stage. The system allows senior officers to internally monitor the progress of cases. 

    As part of the accountability drive, 214 departmental inquiries were concluded. The official said 20 percent of punishments were related to immigration complaints, another 20 percent involved faulty investigations, while 40 percent concerned indiscipline and inefficiency. 

    The FIA currently operates 12 zones across the country, from Gilgit-Baltistan to Karachi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Azad Jammu and Kashmir does not fall under its jurisdiction.

    Officials said a major change involved consolidating all complaint-related processes, including preliminary, fact-finding, and departmental inquiries, under one directorate. The process was moved out of the FIA’s human resource department to avoid concentration of authority under a single office.

  • Six arrested as FIA cracks down on human smuggling

    Six arrested as FIA cracks down on human smuggling

    Following successful operations across southern Punjab, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has taken into custody six people linked to migrant smuggling and visa fraud.

    As per the details, the arrests were executed by the FIA’s Anti-Human Trafficking Circles in Multan, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan.

    The arrested individuals were identified as Muhammad Qasim, Abdul Manan, Shakeel Ahmed, Ajmal, Sajjad Hussain and Muhammad Irfan.

    Officials reported that Qasim had gathered Rs350,000 by assuring citizens of job opportunities in Iraq, while Abdul Manan allegedly extorted Rs790,000 with a similar promise for employment in Saudi Arabia.

    Shakeel Ahmed amassed Rs1,460,000 by offering positions in Iraq, and Ajmal allegedly took Rs800,000 with similar claims.

    Sajjad Hussain received Rs250,000 for misleading citizens about job opportunities in Saudi Arabia.

    According to the FIA, Irfan was already a suspect in three separate cases and had swindled millions of rupees by claiming he could send numerous individuals overseas.

    Authorities said that none of the arrested individuals had actually facilitated anyone’s travel abroad.

    They are accused of collecting substantial amounts from individuals and later evading arrest.

    Further probe is underway, officials said.

  • FIA busts sex trafficking network sending Pakistani girls to Dubai

    FIA busts sex trafficking network sending Pakistani girls to Dubai

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s Immigration department uncovered a sex trafficking network that was  sending young Pakistani girls to Dubai, during an operation at Karachi airport.

    Authorities reported that the group lured girls to Dubai with promises of hotel jobs and then forced them into prostitution.

    FIA officials stated that a young woman traveling on a visit visa for an alleged hotel position made significant revelations about the gang. Based on her information, a human trafficker named Shahzaib was taken into custody.

    Investigators revealed that Shahzaib facilitated the visas and flight tickets using money he received from another smuggler, identified as Nadeem. The total amount of money involved is reported to be Rs 420,000, with Rs 40,000 paid to an airport agent for clearance.

    The FIA spokesperson mentioned that evidence of communication with other individuals associated with the prostitution ring was retrieved from WhatsApp chats.

    The victim has been relocated to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle and Shahzaib is currently in custody as the investigation continues.

  • FIA pinpoints illegal kidney transplant networks in KP

    FIA pinpoints illegal kidney transplant networks in KP

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has identified five networks engaged in illegal kidney transplants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, culminating a year-long inquiry that has led to multiple arrests and seizures throughout the province.

    Investigators reported that the networks ran transplant operations through a web of contacts, coordinators, and local agents.

    Over the past year, authorities have arrested eighteen suspects, while five transplant centers in Peshawar, Nowshera, and Mardan have been shut down. The centers operated from private residences to evade detection, with FIA estimating the per site cost at approximately PKR 3 million.

    Officials noted that the networks utilized agents who preyed on financially struggling individuals. Many donors originated from various regions in Punjab, such as Lahore, often emerging from brick-kiln communities where families have limited financial opportunities. 

    Agents matched the donors with patients, most of whom came from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Typically, samples from both patient and donor were collected in Peshawar before transplant teams transported patients to Rawalpindi for procedures.

    The estimated cost for a transplant ranged between PKR 4 million to 5 million. Donors generally received around PKR 300,000, while the remainder was allocated among agents, surgeons, and facilitators. FIA confirmed that numerous individuals connected to these networks reside in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

    The operations functioned through private meetings, restricted locations, and communication among coordinators managing logistics, donor movements, and matching. 

    This year, eight FIRs have been filed, while the medical licenses of surgeons associated with illegal activities have been revoked. Under current laws, individuals participating in the illegal organ trade may face prison sentences of up to ten years.

  • FIA probes NCCIA officials over extortion from Chinese-run call centres

    FIA probes NCCIA officials over extortion from Chinese-run call centres

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated yet another First Information Report (FIR) against members of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) for reportedly enabling and extorting illegal call centres operated by Chinese nationals in Bahria Town.

    As per the FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Circle (ACC) Islamabad, an internal investigation (No. 326/2025) revealed a network of corruption and extortion within NCCIA Rawalpindi. 

    The investigation found that numerous senior officials and private individuals were participating in offering protection to Chinese-operated call centres engaged in online fraudulent activities.

    At least 15 such centres, including MAKJ International Pvt. Ltd. and C Dragon Casino, were allegedly functioning under the protection of NCCIA officers. These centres, managed by Chinese individuals, recruited Pakistani employees with high salaries and supposedly targeted the public through online scams.

    The investigation identified Additional Director Shahzad Haider, Deputy Director Haider Abbas, and Sub-Inspector Muhammad Bilal as principal figures in the network. A private individual named Hassan Ameer was implicated as their intermediary.

    The group purportedly gathered approximately Rs. 120 million in extortion payments between September 2024 and April 2025. Each call centre reportedly paid Rs. 1 million monthly as a “protection fee.”

    The FIR described the distribution of the collected funds as: Rs. 550,000 per call centre for Additional Director Shahzad Haider, Rs. 200,000 for Deputy Director Haider Abbas, Rs. 200,000 for Sub-Inspector Muhammad Bilal, and Rs. 50,000 for the intermediary, Hassan Ameer.

    Sub-Inspector Bilal was further accused of requesting an extra Rs. 800,000 as a “cooperation fee” from every newly set-up call centre.

    The report additionally mentioned that Bilal, along with another officer, Sub-Inspector Mian Irfan from NCCIA Islamabad, allegedly extorted Rs. 40 million from a Chinese individual, named Leo, during a raid conducted in Islamabad’s Sector F-11.

    On 14 July 2025, the NCCIA conducted another raid at an illegal call centre in Islamabad’s G-10 Markaz, according to a first information report lodged by complainant Aamir Azeem Abbasi. The operation followed a tip-off about a “task-based scam” in which the accused impersonated representatives of a fake online earning company to defraud people. 

    Earlier, on 9 July 2025, the NCCIA arrested 149 people during a raid on a scam call centre in Faisalabad. The agency said the network was involved in Ponzi schemes and defrauded individuals through fake investment tasks shared on WhatsApp and Telegram. 

    Among those arrested were 78 Pakistanis, 48 Chinese nationals, eight Nigerians, four Filipinos, two Sri Lankans, six Bangladeshis, two Myanmar nationals, and one Zimbabwean. 

  • FIA arrests leader of illegal organ transplantation group in Lahore

    FIA arrests leader of illegal organ transplantation group in Lahore

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Anti-Corruption Circle in Lahore has arrested the alleged leader of a group involved in unauthorised human organ transplantation.

    The action was taken following a formal complaint submitted by a citizen affected by the illegal procedure.

    The accused, Muhammad Irfan Aslam, allegedly created fake tissue matching reports to facilitate kidney transplants, according to the FIA spokesperson.

    Private healthcare facilities were used for these operations, which were not authorised by law or in accordance with medical standards.

    According to the initial investigation, the person had been avoiding law enforcement since 2024 and had ties to an organised network involved in the illegal trading of human organs.

    The network is believed to operate by exploiting patients in need of transplants, bypassing legal and ethical frameworks established for organ donation and surgery.

    FIA officials also mentioned that other suspects and facilitators involved in the network would be arrested soon.

    Authorities confirmed that violations of organ transplant rules would be dealt with in accordance with the relevant legislation.