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Higher authorities of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) met with the federal minster for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi and interrogated him over the recent corruption scandal in Hajj this year, Dunya News reported on Thursday. Talking exclusively to Dunya News representative, the federal minister said that the FIA officials had come to talk to him and they asked him about the responsibilities delegated with different officers during the Hajj operation this year. Hamid Saeed Kazmi denied all the allegations on him regarding corruption in the Hajj operation this year. He said that when he asked for compensation from the Saudi government for the Pakistani pilgrims, the local media said that Hamid Saeed has annoyed the Saudi government. He also said that Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif also made a statement that the Saudi embassy had taken up the matter with federal government while the embassy issued a denial the very next day.
