LAHORE – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned a close relative of former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in a money-laundering case.
According to a notification issued by the FIA, Sabir Hameed aka Sabir Mithu has been summoned in connection with “an ongoing criminal investigation on the allegation of high volume of suspicious transactions into your bank accounts contrary to the declared business profile”.
Gen Bajwa’s son is married to Mithu’s daughter.
According to the FIA, Sabir Mithu has been summoned on October 23 under the Money Laundering Act and call up notices have been delivered at his all three residences. The FIA notice says that Sabir Mithu owns 19 bank accounts, 14 Pakistani and 5 foreign, and Rs5.34 billion transactions have been made into these accounts.
The FIA has also asked Sabir Mithu to bring the record of the countries he visited, the records of his offshore companies as well as Shell Companies. The FIA has also asked Sabir Mithu to provide details of his properties inside Pakistan and abroad, cars and the record of sale and purchase of the foreign currencies.
Sabir Mithu has also been asked to submit the record of the Pakistani currency and foreign currencies he and his family members declared at the airports. In case of non-compliance, strict action will be taken against Sabir Mithu, the notice says.
