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Summary The fraudulent gang that was approaching people by telephone, impersonating as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcast Qamar Zaman Kaira and deprived them of money by befooling them through various scams has been revealed. Qamar Zaman Kaira has brought the matter to the notice of the FIA so that the matter may be looked into and the culprits are booked under the relevant laws of the land at the earliest.
In an official letter written by the office of the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting to the Director General FIA today, the Minister has brought to his notice various reported incidents where innocent people were deprived of their money by this gang. The Federal Minister received a letter which was a complaint from Javed Lodhi son of Shamshad Mohammad Lodhi, Secretary General of the Rifles Association of Pakistan, residing in Lahore, saying he received a call from a mobile phone few days ago. The caller while falsely introducing himself as the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting demanded Javed Lodhi to arrange a coach or trainer from Riffles Association of Pakistan for a high level political figure and further demanded him to deposit Rs. 350,000 in his bank account for the delivery of a car from the Government of Pakistan. Javed Lodhi got suspicious of the caller and hence did not deposit any amount. He immediately brought the incident to the notice of the Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting.In another incident, on 16th January 2011, Almas Bobby, President, She Males Association of Pakistan, resident of Lalkurti, Rawalpindi was approached by the Station House Officer (SHO) of Civil Lines Police Station, Rawalpindi, Mohammad Khan by mentioning that the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting wants to talk to you and thus made a call from his mobile phone and told Almas Bobby to talk to Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting. The impersonator on the line told Almas Bobby that owing to your achievements or services for the she male community the government has decided to award a car along with facilities and further asked to deposit Rs. 350,000 in an online account of Allied Bank Ltd in Lahore. The amount was deposited in the same account by Mr. Ali, nephew of Almas Bobby from Lahore on 17th January 2011. The impersonator further asked Almas Bobby to deposit an amount of Rs. 81,000 only in the same account number which Almas Bobby did. After depositing the said amount, Almas Bobby came to Islamabad to meet the Federal Minister, as was told by the impersonator but came to know that the whole story was a scam.In similar incidents, the impersonators approached the daughter of late TV artist Khayyam Sarhadi and another lady owner of an art gallery from Karachi and deprived them of hefty sums of money. The Federal Minister has ordered to arrest the culprits at the earliest.
