ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A three-member team has left for the UK to investigate the alleged Olympic visa scam which was broken by British tabloid ‘The Sun’ on the eve of the London games, according to sources.

“An investigation team comprising two officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and one official of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) left for the UK two days ago and will return to the country on August 21 or 22,” a senior official said on Friday.

He said the FIA was already investigating the case and that the probe would pick up pace after the return of the team from Britain.

The UK Homeland Security Department was assisting the probe team during their work in London.

Meanwhile, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira seemed unsure about when the government would file a case against the British tabloid in the International Court of Justice.

“We took the decision in a cabinet meeting that Pakistan will definitely seek justice from the international court but I don’t know what is being done in this regard by the relevant authorities,” the minister said.

He said he would be able to provide an appropriate answer on the matter after Eid.

The federal cabinet unanimously decided on July 26 that Pakistan would file a case in the International Court of Justice against the “baseless and damaging news report”, in which The Sun claimed that some terrorists might be trying to fly to the UK to launch terrorist attacks during the London Olympic games.

The cabinet also rejected the claims of the tabloid that a gang was active in sending people to the UK on fake or forged documents to attend the recently concluded Olympic games.

When contacted, a Nadra official said: “We have solid evidence that the sting operation of the tabloid showed a wrong and unrealistic picture that someone else had travelled to the UK on the passport of The Sun’s correspondent.”

He said the authorities had scanned the British passport of Muhammad Ali Asad, the correspondent of the Sun, and his pictures taken by the CCTV cameras at the airport confirmed that he himself had visited Pakistan and travelled on his own passport.

He said the UK authorities had realised that the tabloid had published a ‘false story against the Nadra and immigration department systems’.