ISLAMABAD – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab Zone-1 hasinitiated an investigation against 16 government officers and their wiveswho allegedly fraudulently benefitted from the Benazir Income SupportProgramme (BISP) assistance meant for the poor and destitute.
A list of officers who will be interrogated by a special team headed byDirector FIA Punjab Zone-1 includes 10 government officers of grade 17, twoof grade 18, three of grade 19 and one senior officer of grade 20.
Domestic and foreign accounts and assets of wives of those 16 governmentofficers are also being investigated.
According to sources, Director FIA Punjab Zone-1 has been himselfmonitoring the inquiry on the directives of the FIA’s director general, andthe names of those officers will not be made public until completion of theinvestigation.
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Special teams are investigating into irregularities in the BISP fundsbetween the years 2010 to 2018.
On Jan. 29, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on AccountabilityShahzad Akbar told the media that the government has referred cases againstmore than 2,000 government employees who benefited from the BISP to the FIA.
