{"id":59368,"date":"2022-09-21T12:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T07:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=59368"},"modified":"2022-09-21T02:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:01:02","slug":"fia-summons-shaukat-tarin-in-person-to-probe-into-imf-audio-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fia-summons-shaukat-tarin-in-person-to-probe-into-imf-audio-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA summons Shaukat Tarin in-person to probe into IMF audio leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD 20 Sep (Online): The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday issued a notice to former finance minister Shaukat Tarin and instructed him to appear before the watchdog in person for an investigation into the Audio Clips attributed to him regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, two audio clips surfaced via TV channels and social media in which a man said to be Tarin can be heard guiding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab\u2019s finance ministers to tell the federal government and the IMF that they would not be able to commit to a provincial budget surplus in light of the recent floods that have wrought havoc in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, KP Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra had written a letter to the Ministry of Finance conveying his administration\u2019s inability to provide a provincial surplus this year.<\/p>\n<p>The audios triggered criticism against the PTI as the ruling coalition alleged that they were nothing but a conspiracy to derail the state\u2019s deal with the global lender. Later, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar said that a forensic audit of the leaks would be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>In a notice issued to Tarin today, the FIA said that an inquiry has been initiated against him on the basis of an alleged audio call to Jhagra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn it, you are provoking him to write a letter to the federal government on behalf of the KP government that it will not return extra money of the fiscal budget so that interruption may be created between IMF and the Government of Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency, subsequently, directed the former finance minister to appear in person to record a version\/statement in his defence at the FIA Cybercrime Reporting Centre in Islamabad on September 21 at 10am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn case of non-appearance, it will be assumed that you have nothing to present or state in your defense and procedure under Section 174 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, will be initiated against you,\u201d the FIA 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