ISLAMABAD – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General BashirMemon has made startling revelations over the overseas properties owned byPakistanis.
He has informed the Supreme Court that 2700 overseas properties owned byPakistanis have been traced in the probe.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisaron Wednesday heard a suo motu notice of Pakistanis’ undeclared foreign bankaccounts. During the hearing, Attorney General (AG) Khalid Javed presenteda governmental report in the court.
The director general revealed that overseas properties of 2700 owned by thePakistanis revealed in the probe of assets owned by Pakistani nationals inforeign countries case. In the report, it said that Pakistanis have morethan 1000 billion only in Dubai.
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During the hearing, the chief justice expressed his displeasure at thefailure of authorities to stop the hundi-hawala business. “The markets arefull of smuggled goods. Why have we been unable to stop smuggling?” JusticeNisar asked the attorney general.
CJ Nisar asked that the documents are full of information regarding theinvestigation but has any dollar brought back in Pakistan. The SupremeCourt directed the FIA to obtain affidavits from the owners of 2700properties within 15 days.
