FIA books Utility Stores officer for money laundering
National
January 6, 2021
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency’s Corporate Crime Cell (CCC) has registered a case of money-laundering against an officer of the Utility Stores Corporation (Pvt) for allegedly laundering of money through his personal bank account and then purchasing properties. Muneer Ahmad, an officer of Utility Stores Corporation, is already confined to the Central Jail, Karachi, under FIR No.22/2020 registered in Oct by FIA CCC, Karachi, for embezzling millions of rupees from the national exchequer.
The FIA sources said it is the first independent case of money laundering after laundering became a cognizable offense, following reforms in the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act 2010 in 2020. According to the FIA’s documents, the accused, Muneer Ahmed, allegedly embezzled Rs22.2 million from Pakistan Secretariat Store, Utility Stores Corporations (Pvt) Limited, and deposited the same in his private bank ac
Major fire tragedy averted
Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Dec 14: Timely and swift action by Gool Police has averted a major fire tragedy in main market Gool.
As per the details, today at around 1800 hours, information was received at Police Station Gool that fire has suddenly engulfed the house of one Abdul Rashid Hajam in main market Gool.
Immediately a police contingent led by SDPO Gool Pardeep Kumar and SHO Gool Inspector Muneer Ahmed rushed to the spot and coordinated the fire fighting operation which was largely carried out by police and Fire and Emergency Services personnel alongwith locals.
In the basement of the three storied house, two plastic barrels filled with kerosene and some gas cylinders were also found, which were immediately evacuated.