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ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman Salman Faruqi was given on Monday additional charge of Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) for a month.
According to a notification issued by the presidency, the incumbent FTO Abdul Rauf Chaudhry is proceeding abroad on leave.
“On the summary initiated by the ministry of law and justice and human rights, the president has approved the advice of the prime minister to allow 31 days ex-Pakistan leave with effect from 5-12-2014 to 4-1-2015 to Abdul Rauf Chaudhry, Federal Tax Ombudsman, and appointment of Wafaqi Mohtasib as acting FTO during leave period of Mr Chaudhry,” the notification said.
Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2014
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Dec 02, 2014 09:17am
He is Uncle of Sharmila Farooqi and brother of Usman Farooqui, Ex Chairman of Pak Steel who embezzled PKR 195 Billion in 2001.
Anisa Farooqi, mother of Sharmila, entered into a plea bargain with the National Accountability Bureau on 28 April 2001 after being arrested with First Information Report (FIR) No. 19/96, and given into the custody of the Ehtesab Cell by the Special Judge, Central II, handling cases of top corrupt public servants like Usman Farooqi. Ref: Wikipedia.
This family has always been very close to former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari.
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Dec 02, 2014 02:41pm
Salman Farooqi is a retired custom collector, he later became financial advisor to Zardari. Mr. Farooqi helped Zardari to move billions of corruption money in foreign banks.
I wonder why we keep rewarding and giving key positions to most controversial people like Farooqi in Pakistan.
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