FIA summons Jahangir Tareen once again

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen and his son Ali Khan Tareen in the sugar mill fraud case

According to media reports, Jahangir Tareen has been summoned on October 1 while his son Ali Tareen has been summoned on September 30. Sorves say that the FIA has prepared more than 100 questions regarding money laundering, to which the answers are to be given by the Tareen family.

It may be recalled that earlier the FIA had summoned Ali Tareen on September 18 and Jahangir Tareen on September 19, but both of them could not appear due to their presence in London.

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Ali Khan Tareen said that he could not appear before the FIA in person as he is currently in London fo his father’s medical treatment. He added that appropriate time should be given to answer the FIA’s questions.

FIA investigation report on the Sugar crisis that erupted earlier this year had revealed that the biggest beneficiaries of the Sugar crisis in the country were Jahangir Tareen, Monis Elahi and the Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtiar’s brother.

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After the Sugar crisis report came to light, Jahangir Tareen denied the allegations against him and the ministry of Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtiar was also changed. It may be recalled that the FIA had on August 26 launched an investigation into money laundering against Jahangir Tareen’s company JDW and had sought details of JDW from across the country.

The Federal Investigation Agency, Lahore’s Combined Investigation Team (CIT) sent a letter to the Deputy Commissioners of Multan, Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rahim Yar Khan asking for data on 22 individuals and companies, including Jahangir Tareen’s family.

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