Remand extended in Qatari case

Fraud accused remanded in FIA custody 

LAHORE: The FIA on Monday got remand for two days more of four accused arrested for committing fraud worth millions of Riyals with a Qatari businessman. 

According to the FIA officials, Kashif Khalid, Jahanzeb Hassan, Yousaf Yasin and Kashif Javed were arrested by the FIA last week on the complaint of a Qatari national, Ahmad Abdulaziz Al Neama, for committing fraud of 20 million Qatari Riyals by counterfeiting his signatures as well as his wife’s, and illegally transferred the money to Pakistan through bank transactions. The accused would be presented before the court on Wednesday.  It is learnt that the investigators have also decided to approach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get certified copies of the record relating to Qatari banks from where the accused got loan facilities in the name of Qatari’s company. “We have written letters to Lahore Development Authority (LDA), Capital Development Authority (CDA) and other departments to get more details about assets and properties of the accused persons,” the officials said.