Foreign currency smuggled through Iran

Federal govt initiates investigation


Irshad Ansari October 10, 2018
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ISLAMABAD: The US dollar, pound sterling and several foreign currencies are being smuggled on a massive scale through Iran land route, it was revealed on Tuesday.

The federal government after obtaining data of the people travelling abroad via the land route has initiated the investigation.

According to the documents available with The Express, the federal government has obtained particulars along with the record of travellers who have paid several visits to Iran within a span of four months.

According to the documents, the Integrated Border Management System of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sent a detailed list of 100 people travelling to Iran through the Taftan border crossing to the finance ministry and the FBR.

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The 21-page report contains passport and CNIC numbers of the frequent travellers through this route. In addition, several particulars have been also been provided.

The report suggested them to compare the particulars of those people with the data and record available with the FBR to see how many of them pay income tax returns; how many of them possess NTS numbers, in addition to their asset details as mentioned in their income tax returns.

According to the available documents, a complete list along with the particulars of the people travelling to Iran through the Taftan border crossing from April 15, 2018 to July 17, 2018 has been sent to the finance ministry, the FBR and other government institutions.

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The report revealed that Akhtar Khan had travelled fourteen times to Iran via the land route. Muhammad Aslam visited Iran 10 times; Khair Muhammad, 157 times, Nasir Ali, 11 times, Syed Muhammad Ali, 42 times; Muhammad Azeem, 52 times; Muhammad Nabi, 14 times; Khaliq Dad, 30 times; Muhammad Usman, 42 times; Abdullah, 54 times; Nadeem, 10 times; Muhammad Riaz, 13 times; Ilahi Bux visited for 16 times, Shah Wali visited for 10 times, Shah Masool paid 26 visits, Maula Bux visited 80 times, Tariq Jameel visited for 65 times, Babraj Khan visited for 12 times, Ghulam Muhammad visited for 53 time, Bashir Ahmed 65, Naimatullah visited 48 times, Ashiq Ali visited 27 times, Abdul Haq visited 84 times, Barkatullah visited 28 times, Ataullah visited 15 times, Nazar Muhammad visited 33, Fazal visited 16, Nazeer Ahmed visited 178, Agha Gul visited 90 times, Ghulam Muhammad visited 73 times, Muhammad Husn visited 29 times, Taus Khan visited 72 times, Muhammad Ishaq visited 13 times, Ghulam Haider visited 55 times, Noorullah visited 14 times, Khudadad visited 18 times, Ghulam Nabi visited 93 times, Shah Nazar visited 44 times, Ata Muhammad visited 35 times, Ghulam Rasool visited 16 times, Asmatullah visited 11 times, Abdul Latif visited 26 times, Amir Muhammad visited 50 times, Sharfuddin 10 times, Shah Nazar visited 55 times, Haroon visited 80 times, Deen Muhammad visited 75 times, Abdul Ghafoor visited 38 times, Bismillah visited 62 times, Hamd Esa visited 38 times, Syed Nasrullah Shah visited 31 times, Saifullah visited 210 times, Agha Gul visited 12 times, Muhammad Akram visited 18 times, Khudadad visited 19 times, Amanullah visited 76 times, Khan Muhammad visited 166 times, Muhammad Rafeeq visited 99 times, Ahmed Khan visited 12 times, Ibrahim Ibrahim visited 93 times, Hamdullah visited 60 times, Syed Muhammad visited 24 times, Sanaullah visited 70 times, Haji Khuda-e-Nazar visited 11 times, Muhammad Ali visited 10 times, Ahmed Khan visited Iran 15 times, Jumma named person visited 30 times, Muhammad Hasan visited 100 times, Sadiq Umar visited 117 times, Haji Khudada paid 10 visits, Syed Gul Zaman paid 104 visits, Nazeer named person visited 13 times, Asadullah visited 15 times, Muhammad Abid Hussain Shah visited 10 times, Abdul Samad visited 10 times, Muhammad Younus paid 10 visits, Muhammad Farooq paid 11 visits, Syed Ishaq Ali visited 22 times, Manzoor Ahmed visited 13 times, Daru Khan visited 11 times, Abdul Jabbar paid 10 visits, Saifullah visited 12 times, Fero Khan paid 50 visits, Ataullah visited 10 times, Muhammad Hafeezur Rehman visited 11 times, Muhammad Sajjad visited 10 times, Abdul Haleem paid 11 visits, Baloch Khan paid 14 visits, Allah Gul visited 10 times, Najeebullah visited 14 times, Sanaullah visited 11 times, Raqeeb paid 10 visits, Abdul Qadeer paid 48 visits, Abdul Mannan visited 20 times, Ghulam Mustufa visited 11 times, Abdullah Abid visited 35 times, Azizullah visited 244 times, Shoaib Ahmed visited 10 times, Abdul Rehman visited 14 times, Sauleh Muhammad visited 94 times, Noor Muhammad visited 164 times, Abdul Khaliq paid 11 visits, Nazeer Ahmed paid visits for 180 times, Abdul Shakoor paid visits for 13 times, Zafarullah paid visits for 210 times, Muhammad Sharif visited for 48 times, Muhammad Esa visited 76 times, Ataullah visited 10 times, Habibur Rehman visited 16 times, Noor Muhammad visited 15 times, Abdul Wahab visited 73 times, Nadir Khan visited 59 times, Shah Jehan visited 32 times, Abdul Hameed visited 16 times while Fazlur Rehman visited for 12 times.

COMMENTS (1)

husain | 6 years ago | Reply Their names should not have been published here. Visiting Iran is not a crime and they have not even been charged with anything yet.
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