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US ready to repatriate Hamesh Khan
LAHORE: The US government has informed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that Hamesh Khan, former president of the Bank of Punjab and the main accused in the Rs 9 billion loan scam, may be handed over to Pakistani authorities before May 15.President Ten-Percent is going to get his one way or another ... Officials of the National Accountability Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have started preparations for travel to the US. NAB sources informed Daily Times that the team would consist of NAB Punjab's Investigation Officer Mohammad Rizwan, the deputy director of the Financial Crime Investigation Wing, an officer from NAB's Overseas Wing and another officer of the FIA's Interpol section. Names of two members of the proposed team are yet to be finalised. The US Law and Justice Department has asked NAB to send its team to the US before May 15, as they are ready to hand over Pakistani-American Hamesh Khan and have completed almost all legal formalities in this regard. Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-22 |
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