TOBA TEK SINGH: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Faisalabad circle, claimed to have busted a hawala/hundi network, arresting four suspects, including a private bank’s branch manager.
An FIA official says a case has been registered against the arrested suspects, including the manager of the Civil Lines branch of a private bank.
The official says the suspects are allegedly involved in illegal transfers of a total Rs54 million abroad through their hawala/hundi network.
He says the FIA first arrested prime suspect Sharif, in an operation near the Canal Road.
He says the initial analysis of Sharif’s mobile phone revealed money transactions worth millions of rupees made between October 16 and 29, 2026.
During interrogation, Sharif confessed that he had been running the network in connivance with bank manager Naeem Sajid, Ibrahim and Hadi. He also told the investigators that an amount of Rs54m was deposited in a bank account and later transferred abroad for hawala/hundi payments.
A case was registered against the four suspects under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947 and Section 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The suspects were produced in a special court that granted a three-day physical remand of Sajid and a one-day remand of Sharif to the FIA.
robber killed: Two alleged robbers have been killed in an encounter with the Millat Town police in Faisalabad on Wednesday night.
Police claimed that SHO Ali Akbar was present along with his team near the Samana Canal Bridge when the team signalled four suspects riding two motorcycles to stop.
Police claimed that they opened fire on the policemen, which was also returned. When the firing stopped, police claimed to have found two suspects injured by the firing of their two accomplices who had escaped.
Police claimed that they succumbed to their wounds while being shifted to the hospital. They were identified as Salamat Ali of Nishatabad and Nasir Yasin of Basti Oaddanwali,Jhang. They were involved in dozens of robberies and thefts, police claimed.
Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2026
