Former Ogra chief Tauqir Sadiq is suspected of embezzling a total of Rs83 billion. PHOTO: FILE.
DUBAI: The manhunt for Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)’s ex-chief Tauqir Sadiq came one step closer to a long awaited conclusion.
Sadiq's kafeel cancelled his residential UAE visa, and the decision to deport him back to Pakistan has also been signed off by a judge, Express News reported.
In an effort to ensure his return to Pakistan, a return ticket has also been provided to the court in Ajman.
Sources say Sadiq will be brought back to Islamabad upon receiving permission from the court.
Background
Sadiq is suspected of embezzling a total of Rs83 billion.
The deputy attorney general had earlier told the apex court that the charge-sheet prepared against Sadiq carried 10 allegations including misconduct and a fake LLM degree.
An inquiry committee had noted that the appointment of Sadiq as Ogra chairman was questionable.
He fled to the UAE in 2011, after the Supreme Court declared his appointment as Ogra chairman illegal.
The Supreme Court ordered Sadiq’s arrest over three months ago.
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All those people who helped him to flee the country and him should be be hanged upside down till they die. Before that try to recover the money.
Another shameful episode in the history of the PPP. ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE LOOTER BUT NEVER ON THE SIDE OF PAKISTAN.
Drag him by the ropes back to Pakistan. Rs. 83 Billion is an eye watering amount, imagine how many problems it could solve if used properly in Pakistan. This man is a disgrace!
I will only believe it when I see him in custody or in front of the SC judges in Pakistan.
TS may have provided surety to the high profiles not to name them in the scandal that is why be is being brought back. If he does not return Rs. 83 billion, the public money be recovered from JB, RM and FB who are responsible of his fleeing the country.
Recover double of the amount he looted.