Illegal issuance of stamp papers, failure to submit stamp duty, court fee, foreign bills to the treasury deferred
A scandal involving widespread, systematic irregularities has been uncovered at the Federal Finance Office in Islamabad.
It has been revealed that stamp papers were illegally procured from the Federal Treasury Office (FTO) and the stamp paper fee, court fee and foreign bills were not deposited in the National Treasury.
Following the revelation of this mega corruption scandal, FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad has registered a case against Senior Auditor Adil Maqbool posted at FTO along with 71 officers, officials and stamp vendors.
The case has been registered under Sections 109, 409, 420, 467, 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 5(2)47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
According to FIA, under the supervision of Deputy Director of FIA’s Anti-Corruption Circle, Afzal Khan Niazi, a late-night crackdown was conducted to arrest the suspects. During the operation, 20 suspects were arrested, while efforts to arrest the remaining accused are underway.
Read: Panel finds Rs19m gap in FPSC accounts
Officials state that the accused, with the alleged connivance of several officers and staff, submitted fake/fake licenses to FTO Islamabad and obtained stamp papers. Based on these fake licenses, 2,638 fake TR-32 challans were issued, causing a loss of more than Rs296,498 million to the national exchequer.
Sources say that a case has been registered against 71 FTO officers, officials and stamp vendors after completion of inquiry No. 368/2025 and after receiving records of FIR No. 527/2025 from Aabpara police station. The approval to file the case was given by Director FIA Islamabad Zone, Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari, after the completion of the investigation and the emergence of evidence.
According to the FIR, the exact loss will be determined after a 10-year forensic audit.
The roles of ADC-R Imtiaz Janjua, Superintendent Muhammad Arshad and other officers of the FTO and DRA departments will be determined during the investigation. Under the supervision of Deputy Director FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad Afzal Khan Niazi, SHO Shams Khan Gondal and his team are involved in the investigation.
