ISLAMABAD – FIA Anti-corruption circle has registered embezzlement caseagainst Hussain Haqqani in the secret fund case worth $7.2 million.

The FIA asked the Foreign Ministry for details on the Pakistani embassy toinvestigate the matter further, sources added.

In February, the Supreme Court issued arrest warrants for the production offormer ambassador of Pakistan to the US in relation to the Memogate scandal.

In the hearing, the apex court had directed secretaries of the interior andforeign ministers, as well as the FIA chief, to furnish a report onHaqqani’s return in one week.

Responding to reports of the warrants, Haqqani stated on Twitter that itwas “sad that highest court of Pakistan persists with such antics for localTV news coverage. Such political ‘warrants’ have not been honored abroad inthe past, won’t work now”.