Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Anti-Corruption Circle detected a fraud in Federal Treasury Office (FTO) in Islamabad, where officials are accused of issuing stamp papers through illegal methods and failing to deposit stamp fees, court fees, and foreign bill payments into the national treasury, it was reported on Saturday.
According to details, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has filed a case against 71 officers, employees, and stamp vendors, including Senior Auditor Adil Maqbool, after uncovering large-scale irregularities at the FTO.
The case has been filed under multiple sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, including charges of fraud, forgery, criminal breach of trust, and corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
FIA officials said that a late-night crackdown was launched under the supervision of Deputy Director Afzal Khan Niazi, during which 20 suspects were arrested, while raids are continuing to capture the remaining accused.
Investigators revealed that the suspects used fake or bogus licenses to obtain stamp papers from the FTO.
Using these forged documents, they generated 2,638 fake TR-32 challans, causing a loss of more than Rs 296.4 million to the national exchequer.
The FIR was reportedly registered after the FIA completed Inquiry No. 368/2025, based on evidence collected from Police Station Aabpara’s earlier case record (Case No. 527/2025). The approval for the registration of the case was given by Director FIA Islamabad Zone, Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari.
According to the FIR, a detailed forensic audit covering the last 10 years will be conducted to determine the total financial loss.
The investigation will also examine the roles of ADC-R Imtiaz Janjua, Superintendent Muhammad Arshad, and several other officers from the FTO and DRA branches. The inquiry team, led by SHO Shams Khan Gondal under Deputy Director Afzal Khan Niazi’s supervision, is continuing its probe to identify everyone involved in the fraud network.
