Shaukat Tarin fails to give clear answers in Jhagra call probe: sources
- Sources say that Shaukat Tareen appeared before the Cybercrime of FIA.
- Tareen takes the questionnaire with him, saying he will answer after consulting Pratt.
- Sources say that the FIA staff had to come to the office again due to Tareen’s late arrival.
Sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday that former finance minister Shaukat Tareen has been asked by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to join the probe into the leaked audio of his alleged call to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra. Appeared before the Crime Wing.
In the audio, Tareen allegedly asked Jhagra over the phone to write a letter to the International Monetary Fund asking him to withdraw the additional budget pledge.
Sources within the FIA say that the senior PTI leader visited the Cyber Crime Cell office on Wednesday evening. Call-up notices. He said that due to Tareen’s late arrival, the FIA staff had to come back to the office after 5 pm.
According to sources, Deputy Director Muhammad Ayaz and Inquiry Officer Muneeb Ahmed questioned Tareen, but he could not give clear answers to the questions.
He took a questionnaire with him and said he would answer it after consulting his lawyer.
Sources further say that Tareen is likely to be summoned again.
Audio leak
Ahead of the IMF board meeting last month to approve Pakistan’s bailout package, PTI leader He reportedly made telephone calls to the finance ministers of Punjab and KP and asked them to write to the IMF and withdraw from the surplus budget pledge.
gave Audio leak A letter to KP Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in August threatening to withdraw from the IMF pledge is a deliberate attempt to sabotage the government’s efforts to stabilize the economy, confirming the view. was
In the leaked audio, Shaukat Terin Jhagra can reportedly 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 reportedly replied.
Tareen reportedly instructed Jhagra that the main point of his letter should be the devastation of floods in the province.
“By the way, it’s a blackmail tactic,” Jhagra reportedly admitted, adding, “We’re not going to pay anyway”.