LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday arrested two employees of the National Bank of Pakistan for their alleged involvement in Rs8.7 million corruption case.

According to the commercial banking circle of the agency, Amir Maroof (OG-II) and Amanullah (OG-III) of the NBP Durand Road, Lahore, branch allegedly misappropriated Rs8.7m from the account of the Punjab Public Service Commission.

An FIR has already been registered against the suspects.

It said the suspects were arrested on a tip-off and would be presented before the court for their remand.

Meanwhile, the FIA anti-human trafficking cell, Lahore, claimed to have arrested a notorious human smuggler, Zahid Iqbal.

According to the cell’s Deputy Director Mohammad Ahmad Chaudhry, the suspect was involved in smuggling people to South Africa.

Acting upon information extracted from a deported person who gave the suspect Rs750,000 for sending him to South Africa, an FIA team, arrested him in a raid in Lahore.

Published in Dawn, January 23rd, 2018

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