Islamabad, March 17, 2026 – Pakistan has launched a major nationwide crackdown on money laundering and illegal money transfer networks, including hawala and hundi operations, in a high-level government meeting chaired by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb.
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FIA launches pre-departure desk and risk unit to curb human smuggling
Faisalabad, March 4, 2026 – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has set up a Pre-Departure Immigration Facilitation and Guidance Desk along with a Risk Analysis Unit in its Faisalabad Zone to prevent human smuggling and provide full support to outbound travelers.
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FIA intensifies crackdown on hawala and illegal currency exchange in 2025
ISLAMABAD, December 29, 2025 – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has stepped up its nationwide action against hawala, hundi, and illegal currency exchange, seizing currency worth over Rs1.99 billion and arresting 667 suspects during 2025.
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FIA Calls for Urgent Cybersecurity Upgrades in Pakistani Banks
KARACHI: Banks in Pakistan must urgently enhance their cybersecurity systems to counter rising cyber threats, according to Mujahid Akbar, Additional Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Addressing a briefing at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Akbar underscored the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures across financial and institutional sectors.
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FIA Arrests Gang Leader in Crackdown on Hawala and Hundi
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan has made a significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat illegal currency exchange activities, with the arrest of a gang leader involved in Hawala and Hundi operations.
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FIA Declares Meinhardt Owners as Fugitives in Money Laundering Case
Karachi, November 30 – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued a notice branding Chairman Meinhardt Shahzad Naseem and CEO Omar Shahzad, the owners of the Singapore-based construction company Meinhardt, as absconders.
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FIA Discovers Over 400,000 Social Media Accounts Spreading Blasphemous Content
Islamabad, July 17, 2023 – The Cyber Crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has uncovered a staggering number of over four hundred thousand social media accounts involved in spreading highly blasphemous material in Pakistan.
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SBP, FIA jointly take action against illegal exchange companies
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have decided to jointly take action against illegal exchange companies.
A statement issued on Tuesday stated that a high-level meeting was held between the SBP governor and the Director General, FIA on November 8, 2022.
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The meeting took stock of illicit foreign exchange activities and chalked out a comprehensive plan of action against illegal foreign exchange businesses being carried out in the country.
It was agreed during the meeting that concerted joint effort is required to apprehend and implicate the illegal foreign exchange operators and speculators across the country.
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Accordingly, SBP and FIA have jointly initiated action against illegal foreign exchange operators in Pakistan. To this effect, joint teams from SBP and FIA shall identify and take penal/legal action against the perpetrators so as to curb speculation and the grey market.
The teams, while remaining within the legal mandate allowed to them by the relevant laws, would crack down on all illegal foreign exchange operators and businesses across Pakistan.
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Banks and Exchange Companies are authorized by the SBP to carry out Foreign Exchange business in Pakistan. Involvement of any person or entity, other than banks and Exchange Companies, in foreign exchange business is illegal under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947.
The illegal foreign exchange business also adversely affects the open market exchange rate and increases the gap between the interbank and open market exchange rate.
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Tarin launches automated currency declaration system
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin launched automated currency declaration system at Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Headquarter here on Tuesday.
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FIA probes Binance in mega crypto scam
KARACHI – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned representatives of Binance, a leading international buy/sell platform for cryptocurrencies, as part of an investigation into a scam that has left many Pakistanis deprived of billions of rupees.
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