FIA summons Gen Bajwa‘s close relative in money-laundering case. In a money-laundering investigation, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned a close relative of former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
The FIA has summoned Sabir Hameed aka Sabir Mithu in connection with “an ongoing criminal investigation on the allegation of a high volume of suspicious transactions into your bank accounts contrary to the declared business profile.”
Mithu’s daughter is married to Gen Bajwa’s son.
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According to the FIA, Sabir Mithu was summoned on October 23 under the Money Laundering Act, and summons notices were given to all three of his addresses.
According to the FIA notification, Sabir Mithu owns 19 bank accounts, 14 Pakistani and 5 international, with Rs5.34 billion in transactions.
The FIA has also requested that Sabir Mithu bring the records of the places he has visited, as well as the data of his offshore firms and Shell firms.
The FIA has also requested information on Sabir Mithu’s properties in Pakistan and overseas, as well as his automobiles and records of foreign currency sales and purchases.
Sabir Mithu has also been ordered to provide documentation of the Pakistani cash and foreign currencies declared by him and his family members at airports.
The notification states that if Sabir Mithu fails to comply, harsh action would be taken against him.
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