There were reports in the media in the last few days that additional director anti-corruption FIA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mian Saeed Ahmad has been appointed at the Link Office in Turkey to influence the inquiry by the FIA into the BRT project
PESHAWAR: The process for appointment of officers in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s Immigration Link Offices in Italy, Dubai (UAE), Spain and Turkey were held in August three months before it was tasked to probe the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, a source told The News.
There were reports in the media in the last few days that additional director anti-corruption FIA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mian Saeed Ahmad has been appointed at the Link Office in Turkey to influence the inquiry by the FIA into the BRT project.
A letter written on August 23 to all the offices and zones of the FIA, however, shows that the process for filling posts of FIA offices in the four countries was started months ago. The letter sent by the additional director Establishment, FIA stated that a committee had been constituted to conduct walk-in-interviews of officers in BS-18 and BS-19 (both from the Police Service of Pakistan and FIA cadre except law officers) on August 29 at the agency’s headquarters. It asked the regional heads to send their willing officers to the headquarters on August 29 for the interview.
The process was completed in late November and the names of selected officials were finalised on December 6, the source added. An office memorandum issued on December 6 mentioned that two PSP officers and nine officials of the FIA cadre were selected for posting in different countries.
“For Italy, Asmatullah Junejo (PSP) was appointed counsellor with Raja Mohammad Sabeel Khan as assistant and Ameen Shah as driver. For UAE, Tariq Parvez was appointed counsellor, with Syed Zulqarnainuddin as assistant and Mubashir Hassan as driver. For Spain, two officials were appointed, Abdul Sami as assistant and Abdul Wahid Soomro as driver,” said the memorandum.
According to the memorandum, additional director FIA KP,Mian Saeed Ahmad was appointed counsellor in Turkey while Mohammad Yousuf Chandio was appointed assistant and Iftikhar Ahmad as driver at this office.
On the other hand, the source said, the inquiry team for the BRT project was constituted on December 10 and deputy director Syed Rizwan Shah was made its head and four inspectors and sub-inspectors as members. The letter mentioned that the team would work under the supervision of additional director FIA anti-corruption circle.