FIA summons Shaukat Tarin for investigation into Jhagra audio leak

• The FIA ​​has asked Tareen to appear on September 21 at 10 am.
• If you fail to appear, it will mean that you have nothing to say in your defence, the FIA ​​notice said.
• Tareen called Jhagra to ask the IMF to withdraw Pakistan’s additional budget commitment.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday issued a call-up notice to former finance minister Shaukat Tareen for writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra. Called for investigation. .

FIA asked PTI leader He is scheduled to appear before her tomorrow (September 21) at 10:00 am.

“If you fail to appear, it will mean that you have nothing to say in your defence,” the notice said.

Last month, before the IMF board meeting to approve Pakistan’s bailout package, the PTI leader made telephone calls to the finance ministers of Punjab and KP and asked them to write letters to the IMF to Refrain from pledging additional budgets.

gave Audio leak A letter to KP Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in August threatening to withdraw from the IMF pledge was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the government’s efforts to stabilize the economy, confirming the view. .

In the leaked audio, Shaukat Terin Jhagra can be heard asking if he had written the letter.

“I am on my way. I have the previous letter. I will send it to you after drafting it,” the KP finance minister had replied.

Tareen instructed Jhagra that the main point of his letter should be on the ravages of floods in the province.

“First point [of the letter] Will it be that we will need huge financial assistance to restore infrastructure and rehabilitate flood victims,” ​​Tareen told the KP Finance Minister, adding that he had already told Punjab Finance Minister Mohammad Mohsin Khan Laghari. Have informed about this.

“Well, it’s a blackmail tactic,” he admitted, adding that no one pays.