Forging arms licences: Three NADRA officials arrested

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested four men for their alleged involvement in forging arms licences. The agency arrested the men from Sector G-11. Three of them were National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) staffers working at different branches in Islamabad. The suspected were identified as Muhammad Majid from Khushab district — the main suspect — and NADRA staffers Deputy Assistant Director Muhammad Waleed, Deputy Assistant Director Pir Nadir Shah, and junior executive Tariq Mehmood. FIA Director Inam Ghani said the arresting party also recovered forged licences, stamps, and other forged documents from their possession. He added that they are still being interrogated.


Published in The Express Tribune, April 11^th, 2015.