Yousuf Raza Gilani issued notice in trade subsidy scandal investigation

The FIA notice seeks answers to 14 questions from former PM regarding his involvement in the TDAP scandal.

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was issued a legal notice on Tuesday in relation to the Rs7 billion Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) scandal and has been asked to appear before the investigation team on April 11, Express News reported.

In the notice, the FIA has sought answers from the former prime minister to 14 questions, some of them regarding his affiliation with a person named Faisal Siddiqui.

In the investigations that have been going on for more than a year the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has nominated, among other individuals, three former heads of the TDAP, two of whom have been arrested.

Last month the FIA issued a notice to former commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, the main accused in the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) corruption scandal.

The FIA has filed more than 65 cases regarding the scandal. The investigation is in its final stages.