ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan yesterday said that the rules of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) would be revamped to give the agency more powers against corrupt officers.
Nisar issued directives to the FIA for establishing anti-money laundering units in all parts of the country to check money laundering and hundi.
He said the government wanted to revamp the FIA by removing all controversial officials and bringing in those with integrity and clean track record. He said an effective system of reward and punishment would be put in place to boost the morale of law enforcement personnel.
The FIA informed the minister that the agency had 52 police stations across the country but due to shortage of staff only 36 of the stations were functional.
The minister said that a procedure should be adopted to ensure merit-based selection and induction procedure to ensure better functioning of the FIA.
A committee would soon be constituted for this purpose. He said that in the matters of transfers and postings within the Ministry of Interior and its attached departments, no political interference would be tolerated.
Regarding the hiring of special public prosecutors, the minister observed that their services should be hired in a completely transparent manner and payments made to them should commensurate with their qualification.
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