The brother of former ISI chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid has been arrested on suspicion of corruption in Pakistan’s Punjab province, anti-corruption authorities said on Monday, as the new government appears to be retaliating against those who targeted the Sharif family under Imran Khan’s regime .
A spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACE) said: “Tax officer Najaf Hamid, brother of former ISI chief Faiz Hamid, was arrested in Chakwal (a short distance from Lahore) on Monday. about 350 kilometers) was arrested on charges of corruption and abuse of power.”
He said the suspect would be brought before a magistrate for remand. Chakwawa is Hamid’s hometown. Najaf’s arrest comes as the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) crackdowns on those responsible for the 2017 overthrow of Nawaz Sharif.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has given more clarity to the request of former Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, Faiz Hamid and former Chief Justice of Pakistan Bring Saqib Nisar to justice “for filing false cases against the Sharif family and send them to jail”.
“The action against Faiz Hamid’s brothers shows that the Muslim League-Sharif government is in no mood to let go of those who played an important role in overthrowing Nawaz Sharif,” he grilled Maryam Nawa. Ziz and her father were even more angry at Faiz Hamid than others because Faiz Hamid was the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency. Sharif family.
“Now is the time for revenge,” a Punjab government official told PTI. He said the government would further tighten its grip on jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader in the coming days. and the noose of the establishment. Imran Khan has been in jail since August last year in different cases.
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