File photo of Tauqir Sadiq. PHOTO: FILE.
ISLAMABAD: The prime suspect in the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Tauqir Sadiq has been brought back to Pakistan from Dubai by the Interpol, Dawn.com reported.
He was brought back to Islamabad from Dubai on PIA flight 212.
The Supreme Court had taken suo moto notice of the case and ordered that he be arrested and returned to the country.
The prosecutor from the National Accountability Bureau had sent a three-man team to Dubai, including a CID officer of the Punjab police.
Sadiq was accused of embezzling a total of Rs83 billion during his tenure as Ogra chief. He had taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates after his senior appointment at the regulatory body was declared illegal by the apex court.
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@Sterry: The Judges don't have the .....
Chief justice alone can not get the money back from Tauqueer Sadiq it is the government to do do so but with these looters in powers do not expect any thing. Now Tauqueer Sadiq will enjoy in 5 star jail with all facilities like the murderer Jatoi.
@Billoo Bhaya: I don't think that this magnitude of thievery can be let off so easily, especially since Tauqir Sadiq is in the Chief Justice's sights! I just hope he gets exemplary punishment if he is found guilty as a warning to the next guy who thinks he can rob the nation.
Good that they finally caught him, but what about his masters who appointed him and people like him to fill up their foreign accounts? Accountability should not be selective.
Now what happens?? The President will pardon him. End of story. Who is going to pay for this adventure in courts?? Of course the tax-payers, people like you and me.
Credit goes to honorable Chief Justice!
Excellent................now have him return the money with interest and punish him. For the sake of this country please make an example of this case, so that the credibility of the state is not all together lost.
Welcome home
Much hype created for writing letter to Swiss Authorities and once the letter was written people have forgotten the issue. Same will happen to this case, NAB and FIA will start playing their games and the episode will be forgotten in weeks!