{"id":76527,"date":"2025-06-04T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=76527"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:33:14","slug":"fia-lodges-case-against-ex-nadra-chief-over-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-lodges-case-against-ex-nadra-chief-over-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA lodges case against ex-NADRA chief over corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency<\/a> (FIA) has <\/span>lodged<\/span>\u00a0a case against\u00a0<\/span>ex-<\/span>National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chief Tariq Malik\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>suspected<\/span>\u00a0financial\u00a0<\/span>malpractices<\/span>\u00a0and corruption\u00a0<\/span>amounting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>$25 million.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Details<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>say<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0the case\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>filed against former NADRA Chairman Tariq Malik, former Chief Project Director Gohar Ahmed Khan, and 11 other officials.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>move<\/span>\u00a0was\u00a0<\/span>made<\/span>\u00a0on the Interior Ministry<\/span>‘<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>instructions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>after<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>Transparency International report exposed glaring <\/span>discrepancies in the procurement process.
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\nThe accused officials are\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0to have\u00a0<\/span>broken<\/span>\u00a0Public Procurement Regulatory Authority<\/a> (PPRA) rules, <\/span>taken<\/span>\u00a0kickbacks and commissions, and\u00a0<\/span>resulted<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>huge\u00a0<\/span>losses\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0the national treasury.<\/p>\n

FIA\u00a0<\/span>officials<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Chief<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Project Officer<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>well<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>number of other officials<\/span>, have also been\u00a0<\/span>booked<\/span> in the case. Charges <\/span>filed against them\u00a0<\/span>include corruption,\u00a0<\/span>abuse<\/span>\u00a0of authority, and criminal breach of trust.<\/p>\n

<\/span>NADRA\u00a0<\/span>bought<\/span>\u00a0smart cards at\u00a0<\/span>exorbitant<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>rates<\/span>\u2014while the market rate was 3 cents per card, NADRA\u00a0<\/span>bought<\/span>\u00a0them\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a099 cents each<\/span>\u2014according to the FIA<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the\u00a0<\/span>cost<\/span>\u00a0per card was 68 cents,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>jumped\u00a0<\/span>to 99 cents in 2022 without\u00a0<\/span>any<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>good reason<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The agency\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>uncovered<\/span>\u00a0that tendering\u00a0<\/span>processes<\/span>\u00a0were\u00a0<\/span>intentionally<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>modified<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>benefit<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>particular<\/span>\u00a0company. Investigations\u00a0<\/span>continue<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>additional<\/span>\u00a0NADRA officials\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>likely to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>involved<\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>expos\u00e9s<\/span> of multi-billion-rupee corruption are\u00a0<\/span>anticipated<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has lodged\u00a0a case against\u00a0ex-National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chief Tariq Malik\u00a0for\u00a0suspected\u00a0financial\u00a0malpractices\u00a0and corruption\u00a0amounting\u00a0to\u00a0$25 million. Details\u00a0say\u00a0that\u00a0the case\u00a0was\u00a0filed against former NADRA Chairman Tariq Malik, former Chief Project Director Gohar Ahmed Khan, and 11 other officials. The\u00a0move\u00a0was\u00a0made\u00a0on the Interior Ministry‘s\u00a0instructions\u00a0after\u00a0a\u00a0Transparency International report exposed glaring discrepancies in the procurement process. The accused officials […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[826,21171,22468],"class_list":["post-76527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-nadra","tag-federal-investigation-agency-fia","tag-public-procurement-regulatory-authority-ppra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76528,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76527\/revisions\/76528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}