By Azaz Syed in The News, October 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: A large number of Pakistani passports are said to have been issued to Afghan citizens. Saudi Arabia have recovered Pakistani passports from 12,000 Afghan citizens and provided details to the Pakistani embassy, sources told to Geo News/The News. Director General Immigration and Passports Directorate Mustafa Kazi and the Federal Investigation Agency have started an investigation in this regard. As a result of the ongoing investigation, the…
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by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 22, 2023The government is apparently not ready to prosecute former prime ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai over their roles in the Lalita Niwas land scam. The government was forced to record their statements after the Supreme Court on August 6 ordered an investigation into those involved in making decisions related to the transfer of land of Lalita Niwas, Baluwatar in the name of private…
by Golam Mowla in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 20, 2023Once again, hundreds of thousands of young individuals in Bangladesh have lost their investments due to a scam by a multi-level marketing (MLM) company. MTFE, an illicit online gambling and cryptocurrency trading MLM company, has abruptly ceased its operations, several investors confirmed on Friday night. Estimates suggest that through this company, a staggering amount of at least Tk20,000 crore has been siphoned off from Bangladeshi investors using…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 20, 2023Despite seemingly strong reservations of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha, a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday transferred five assistant inspector generals (AIGs) of Nepal Police including the one who was leading the investigation on the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. Nepal Police headquarters also sent another proposal to the home ministry on the transfer of six senior superintendents of police (SSPs) who…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 16, 2023As the government is being praised for ‘catching big fish’ in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, demand is also building from various quarters for an impartial investigation into alleged corruption in Maoist cantonments. The case dates back to 2007 when the then government had decided to provide Rs5,000 a month to as many as 19,602 former Maoist combatants camped in seven cantonments and 21 satellite…