Lax controls: Central figure in NICL scam flees to Dhaka
Niazi had been facing corruption charges involving billions of rupees, in Karachi and Lahore, along with several other persons. His name had been included in the ECL along with other accused in the NICL scandal on the Supreme Court (SC) orders.
Sources told The Express Tribune, however, that the Karachi cases had gone without court hearing because no judge had been appointed as yet.
It is this lapse that allowed Niazi to arrange bail for all the cases against him. He also succeeded in obtaining a written permission to leave the country for ‘one time only’ despite his name being on the ECL.
According to the sources, he availed this opportunity, leaving for Dhaka on March 24 by PIA’s flight PK-226.
Niazi had disappeared once before as well, around the time the cases were registered and his name was placed on the ECL. He went into hiding, but subsequently offered himself for arrest.
The cases against him and the others were registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) following a probe into the NICL scandal. The SC had taken suo motu notice of the scandal and directed the FIA to conduct an investigation into the matter.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2012.
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He must have taken Dawood Ibrahim's help.
Totally disgusting. CJ should take suo moto notice of this
The entire FIA staff at the airport should have been arrested for collusion in the fleeing of a man under indictment and after judgement be duly hanged. This should include all others who aided and abetted in this man's flight. But no, the CJ and his other Mi Lords are all going to do sweet FA.
because no judge had been appointed as yet. CJ was it duty of PM???
Surely Rehman Malik deserves another nishaan-e-imtiaz. He maintains his impressive streak of improving law and order in the country.
Money talks and corrupt leaders dances to its tune
ECL=Executive Control List ;)
this is utterly disgusting, how can one leave the country while his name is in that God damned ECL?? Rahman malik May help in this case i guess..