LAHORE: Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) SanaullahAbbasi and Interior Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokar among other governmentofficers are most likely to be replaced soon after Pakistan Muslim League-N(PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif takes charge as Prime Minister ofPakistan, it is learnt through reliable sources.
The FIA had been investigating Shehbaz Sharif and his family includingHamza Shahbaz and Salman Shahbaz for Rs16 billion’s alleged moneylaundering for the past couple of years.
Director FIA Punjab Lahore Zone-1 DIG Dr Muhammad Rizwan and his team hadalready submitted a challan in the court against incoming premier butShehbaz Sharif and Hamza couldn’t be indicted even after several monthshave passed. Currently, both are on pre-arrest bails from a lower court.
Names of senior bureaucrats including Azam Khan, former PS to former PMImran Khan, sugar inquiry team head Dr Muhammad Rizwan and former directorgeneral Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab DIG Gohar Nafees havealready been put in the stop list so they could not leave the country.
According to PML-N sources, names of senior police officers including ADKhawaja, Rai Tahir and Dr Usman Anwar are being considered for the slot ofDG FIA.
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Similarly, they said, Dr Tauqeer Shah is most likely to be appointed asPersonal Secretary to incoming Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Mr Shah hadalready served Shehbaz Sharif as his personal secretary when the latter wasChief Minister Punjab.
Sources within PML-N further told that chief secretaries and IGPs ofvarious provinces are most likely to be replaced as well.
