Fake NA officer arrested as FIA seizes phone and laptop for forensics

Islamabad: A man accused of preparing fake National Assembly identity cards and a false appointment letter showing himself as an Assistant Director has been arrested. His mobile phone and laptop were seized for forensic examination, a parliamentary committee was informed. The fake appointment document, falsely carrying the name of the National Assembly Secretariat, had been circulated on social media.

The Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges expressed serious concern over the case and directed the Federal Investigation Agency to continue its investigation and submit a detailed report at the committee’s next meeting.

The committee was chaired by MNA Muhammad Afzal at Parliament House. According to the briefing by the Additional Director General of the FIA, the accused, Abdul Wajid, had been arrested and produced before a court.

The FIA told the committee that investigators had obtained his physical remand to continue questioning him. According to the FIA briefing, Abdul Wajid admitted during interrogation that he had prepared fake National Assembly identity cards bearing his own name.

The agency further informed the committee that he had also prepared a fake appointment letter showing himself as an Assistant Director of the National Assembly of Pakistan. The committee was told that the fake appointment or offer letter had also appeared on different social media platforms, falsely presented as a document issued by the National Assembly Secretariat.

Investigators took the accused’s mobile phone and laptop into custody through a formal seizure process. Investigators seized the accused’s mobile phone and laptop through a formal process. The devices will now undergo forensic analysis as investigators try to determine how the fake documents were prepared and circulated.

After discussing the matter, the committee ordered the FIA to investigate the case further and provide a complete report. The committee also took notice of the absence of Jawad ul Hassan, Metropolitan Officer Regulation of the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore.

Members expressed concern over his failure to attend the meeting and directed that he be summoned to appear before the committee at its next sitting. Another privilege matter involving the former Director General of the Solid Waste Management Board Imtiaz Ali Shah was also discussed.

The question of privilege had been raised by MNA Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan. The committee was informed that the former Director General had not obtained written permission from the committee for his absence.

The committee therefore decided to summon him at its next meeting. Members also reviewed several proposed changes to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly.

Amendments proposed by MNA Dr Nafisa Shah to rules 295, 296, 30, 31 and 205 were examined after the committee received views from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Law and Justice.

After discussion, the committee recommended that the proposed changes to rules 295, 296 and 205 should not be approved. However, the committee recommended approving the proposed amendments to rules 30 and 31.

The committee also considered amendments proposed by MNA Aliya Kamran to rule 44. After receiving views from the concerned ministries and discussing the proposal, the committee recommended that the amendment to rule 44 should not be approved.

Members separately reviewed amendments relating to rules 118 and 119 as well as a proposal to remove rule 234A. The committee recommended that the amendment to rule 118 should be approved with changes.

It also recommended removing rule 234A as proposed. A final decision on the proposed amendment to rule 119 was delayed until the committee’s next meeting. Questions of privilege moved by MNA Makhdoom Syed Sami ul Hassan Gillani were also postponed because the mover was unavailable.

The committee also adopted a report prepared by a sub committee led by MNA Azhar Qayyum Nahra. The fake appointment letter case remained one of the most serious matters before the committee. Lawmakers are now waiting for the FIA forensic examination and detailed investigation report to establish the full circumstances behind the preparation and circulation of the false National Assembly documents.