Pakistan

Another federal minister's Iqama surfaces, permits him to work as driver

Communications Minster Hafiz Abdul Kareem is also facing a NAB probe in a fake degrees case

News Desk November 29, 2017

Federal Minister for Communications Hafiz Abdul Kareem. PHOTO: FILE

After Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, another federal minister has allegedly been found in possession of an iqama (permit to work abroad).

An iqama has surfaced, a copy of which is available with Express News, belonging to Communications Minister Hafiz Abdul Karim of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

It allows the MNA from NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan to work as a driver.

PHOTO: Express

The minister is already facing a National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Multan chapter probe in a fake degrees case.

IHC seeks reply from Asif over Iqama

Degrees awarded to around 1,500 students in Karim’s native town, following a four-year-long university programme, turned out to be fake.

The ‘fake degrees' were handed over to them by Governor Punjab Rafique Rajwana at an official convocation ceremony.

The Supreme Court has already disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for not disclosing in his nomination papers that he possessed an iqama to work at his son’s company in the United Arab Emirates.

The Islamabad High Court is currently hearing a petition seeking the foreign minister's disqualification for possessing an iqama.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Babar Awan later announced that his party would move the court for the interior minister's disqualification too.

COMMENTS (2)

C M Naim | 6 years ago | Reply Iqama is not "a permit to work abroad." It is 'a permit to stay and work.' It is given by some foreign country, in this case Bahrain. It is not given by Pakistan.

Z lodhi | 6 years ago | Reply He is a billionaire and runs a madrasa for girls - gets dubious funding from saudi

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