The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested seven of itsnewly-recruited officials including two sisters for using unfair means,cheating, and fraudulent ways to get themselves appointed into theorganization.

The FIA’s Anti-Corruption Circle (ACC) had registered two separate casesagainst the seven officials involved in maneuvering their selection processto get inducted into the department. A senior official confirmed that allseven of them have been arrested.——————————

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A press release in this regard was issued late on Tuesday saying that theagency had received multiple complaints about irregularities in therecruitment process of the FIA through Open Testing Service (OTS) on socialmedia.

It maintained that the FIA Director-General took action over thesecomplaints and directed ACC Islamabad to launch an inquiry into the matter.The investigation revealed that the officers in question had secured jobsin the FIA by using unfair means.——————————

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The arrested individuals are Shahroom Khan, Tahir Amin, Kainat Mumtaz,Rimsha Mumtaz, Mohammad Azeem, Hamza Saeed, and Hamad Ahmed. They areaccused of manipulating the system with the active connivance of OTS staff.

The role of the OTS staff and others will be ascertained during the courseof investigations and Sub-Inspector Aoun Abbas has been appointed as theinvestigating officer for male officers, while Sub-Inspector Memona Kausarwill probe the case against the two sisters.