Rehman Malik vows to take strict action against those involved in passport scam

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that strict action would be taken against those who found guilty in the passport scam.

The minister while speaking to the media said that Mohammad Ali Asad, a central character of the so-called Olympic visa scam, would be brought to the country with the assistance of Interpol.

He said that details pertaining to his (Asad) passport would soon be shared with public, adding that Pakistani authorities were alert and ready for the proceedings of the case.

Malik claimed that information compilation procedure of National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) was fool-proof.

He also announced that FIA’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) will head for London to collect evidences in the case. It will also meet the main character of the scandal Asad Ali.

Earlier on Monday, the Federal Investigative Authority (FIA) had declared Asad as the main accused in the case and decided to contact the Interpol for red warrants against him.

The Pakistani government had registered a case against Asad for fraud, impersonation and mis-declaration, and is seeing his deportation from the United Kingdom.

The scandal came to the fore after the British newspaper “The Sun” published a report of a scam involving fake documents for travel to London, allegedly in connection with Pakistan’s Olympic contingent.

Last week, the Pakistani federal cabinet had announced it would sue the UK-based tabloid for the “fabricated” story alleging that a group of travel agents and a politician were involved in the scam, which allowed anyone to travel with the Pakistani Olympic contingent as support staff if they pay a certain amount of money.

However, an investigation conducted by the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) dismissed the claims and called its report a bogus scandal.

A statement issued by NADRA said, “There was no fraud or illegal activity done while obtaining the ID cards and passport of “the Sun Man” Mohammad Ali Asad”.

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