15 arrested for attesting fake CNICs

PESHAWAR:

Fifteen ex-nazims and councillors, including a newly-elected town member, Bashir Khan, who had been charged with attesting CNIC documents of an Afghan refugee, were taken into custody after their bail before arrest applications were rejected by the judge Shahid Khan on Friday.

An FIR had been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Bashir Khan on June 10 under the NADRA Ordinance 2000. To avoid arrest, Khan had applied for a bail before arrest. However, the court rejected it, leading to his arrest.

Earlier, in June, various FIRs were registered after K-P police issued directives to immediately arrest those officials involved in issuing fake CNICs. All regional and divisional police officers were asked to contact NADRA and obtain a list of people who were involved in this practice and had applied for bail before arrest so that action could be taken against the culprits.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 25^th, 2015.