Times of Islamabad

Fawad Hasan Fawad took Rs 15 crore from Ali Jehangir Siddiqui for his appointment as Ambassador to US: Sources

Fawad Hasan Fawad took Rs 15 crore from Ali Jehangir Siddiqui for his appointment as Ambassador to US: Sources

ISLAMABAD – Rs 150 million were paid to Fawad Hasan Fawad, the formerprincipal secretary to the prime minister by Pakistan Ambassador in US AliJehangir Siddiqui, it has been revealed.

NAB had summoned Mr Siddiqui on charges that he had transferred Rs150m tothe account of Mr Fawad before his appointment as ambassador to the US.

During interrogation, Mr Fawad is reported to have claimed that he hadreceived Rs150m as a ‘loan’ from Mr Siddiqui.

“Neither Mr Siddiqui tur­n­ed up nor his lawyer appe­ared before NAB onFriday,” an official of NAB said.