ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has approached the Interpol regarding a red notice for the arrest of former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani.
An official of the FIA said that all formalities required by the Interpol for the issue of a red notice have been fulfilled.
The FIA had decided in February this year to register a case against Haqqani over charges of embezzlement in the embassy’s fund during his tenure from 2008 to 2012.
Additional Attorney General (AAG) Waqar Rana had told a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court that the FIA was considering filing an FIR against Haqqani on the basis of different offences. In addition, the FIA had written to the Interpol requesting the issue of red notice but the agency had raised certain queries.
Haqqani is also currently implicated in the Memogate case.
Published in Daily Times, April 8th 2018.
