Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Lahore court frees accused in Olympics visa scam

By Tasawwar Abbas


LAHORE (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Amid a huge uproar in the British media, a Pakistani court released four employees of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) and Lahore Passport Office on Tuesday after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) found no evidence against them.

The four people, who were accused of their alleged involvement in the infamous London 2012 Olympics Visa Scam, were released by a magisterial court in Lahore after the FIA probe found them innocent.



The FIA had produced the four accused named Wasif and Asif, employees of Nadra, and Fahim and Ghaffar, Lahore Passport Office workers in the magisterial court on Monday.

As per the investigations carried out by the FIA, reporter of England-based newspaper The Sun, Muhammad Ali Asad, had cheated Nadra and Passport Office. They added that the very basis of the whole scam was Ali Asad’s new identity card which he had renewed for it expiration after 10 years time and had changed his picture it as well.

The FIA officials termed the whole exercise as a bid to defame Pakistan.

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