NICL Scam: Prosecution asked for challan

FIA said Elahi embezzled money from the NICL and transferred it to bank accounts under the name of his partners.

LAHORE: Special Banking Offences Court on Tuesday directed the prosecution to provide copies of witness statements and the interim challan to the lawyers of Moonis Elahi, a PML-Quaid leader accused of involvement in the National Insurance Company Limited scam.  The court then adjourned for June 10. At the previous hearing, eight employees of Allied Bank Limited (ABL) whom the Federal Investigation Agency claimed were prosecution witnesses told the court they had made no statements before the agency.  According to the FIA, Elahi embezzled money from the NICL and transferred it to bank accounts under the name of his partners.



Published in The Express Tribune, June 1^st, 2011.