The FIA Commercial Banking Circle Islamabad took action, with the suspects receiving 56.2 million rupees from a citizen under the pretense of sending fees to Lancaster University.

Islamabad (Report: Izhhar Khan Niazi) The FIA Commercial Banking Circle Islamabad has filed a case against four suspects involved in illegal financial transactions through hawala, while one suspect, Muhammad Mubashir, has been arrested. According to the FIA, after completing inquiry number 75/2024, a case number 42/2025 was registered against suspects Hamza Faisal, Abid Hussain Butt, Azir Qureshi, and Muhammad Mubashir under Section 406 of the Pakistan Penal Code and relevant sections of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act of 1947. The arrested suspect Muhammad Mubashir is the son of Muhammad Shabbir, and further investigation of the case has been assigned to Sub-Inspector Hassan. Investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly conspired to collect 56.2 million rupees from the complainant, Asad Ali, son of Manzoor Hussain, a resident of Bahria Town Rawalpindi. The amount was obtained under the pretext of sending fees for the complainant’s son, Shabih-ul-Hassan, to Lancaster University in the UK through banking channels; however, the FIA stated that the suspects allegedly transferred the said amount through an illegal hawala network. The FIA stated that when information was requested from the finance department of Lancaster University regarding the person who deposited the money, no information could be provided, after which the university returned the money to an unknown source in April 2024. The FIA Islamabad Zone has stated that actions against elements involved in hawala networks and illegal financial transactions will continue, and such elements will be brought to justice.