FIA asks Interpol, others for Qadri's asset details

Agency also accuses PAT chief of money laundering, working to destabilise PML-N govt.

LAHORE:
The Federal Investigation Agency has written to various institutions, including Interpol, requesting asset details of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and its chief, Tahirul Qadri, Express News reported on Friday.

The FIA has written a letter to Interpol, Punjab DG Social Welfare and the National Crime Agency in Britain, asking them to provide Qadri's asset details and also questioning under which constitution the Minhajul Quran Secretariat is allowed to operate.

A letter was also sent to the State Bank governor, requesting an audit of Qadri and his party assets.


The FIA also accused Qadri of money laundering in the letter, claiming that during the years of 2011 to 2014, heavy amounts of money was transferred to various accounts registered under the name of the Minhajul Quran Secretariat in Lahore.

The agency also claimed that Qadri is working to destabilise the current government led by the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz.

The agency has also claimed of having knowledge of Minhajul Quran Secretariats in the state of Houston in the United States and in Frankfurt, Germany.

On June 26, the FIA had written to the Election Commission of Pakistan, asking it to also provide asset details of Qadri and his party.
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