Govt excuses to remove DG FIA immediately

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Govt excuses to remove DG FIA immediately

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The government has not yet revoked the contract of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General (DG) Waseem Ahmed in defiance of the Supreme Court orders. The SC on March 1 had directed the government to immediately remove Waseem Ahmed from the post.

05 March,2011 02:58 pm

The Establishment Division has submitted a report in the court submitting that the government cannot immediately remove Waseem Ahmed due to law and order situation but the report, however, said the DG has been separated from Hajj, NICL and Steel Mills corruption cases.Ahmed told the Standing Committee of the Senate that banks were not providing information about the accounts of the people involved in the Hajj scandal and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s son imported the bullet-proof car after permission of the interior ministry. He claimed that the prime ministers son paid Rs 8 million customs duty for the car.Talking to media, the FIA DG said that he would resign voluntarily to solve this matter amicably.