Laiba Ijaz suicise case: Suspect on 5-day remand for Rs9.3 million AI fraud

WHEN THE STATE WOKE UP

It took the death of a 22-year-old gold medalist for the state to wake up.

After Laiba Ijaz, daughter of a milkman, hanged herself when she discovered her Rs 9.3 million Harvard dream was a ChatGPT forgery, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took special notice and ordered immediate arrest. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited her home in Ramna, met her shattered father, and assured him: “This will be a test case.”

Within 24 hours, with active support and intelligence sharing by Pakistan’s premier civilian intelligence agency led by DG Fuad Asadullah Khan, Islamabad Police and FIA tracked down prime accused Muhammad Nauman hiding in a rented room in H-13 and arrested him.

LATEST TOP-LEVEL ACTION:

– PM Office: Directed IG Islamabad and Chief Commissioner to arrest culprits and submit report. Case declared test case for crackdown on human smuggling, illegal migration and visa fraud.
– Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi: Visited family, directed FIA and Police to coordinate, assured financial recovery and speedy justice.
– DG FIA Dr. Usman Anwar: Confirmed arrest, directed Anti-Trafficking Circle to register case under 419, 420, 109 PPC and Emigration Ordinance 18/22, and to pursue under NCCIA.
– Director FIA Islamabad Zone Shehzad Bukhari: Met family, briefed that accused is not agent but fraudster posing as accountant of superior court and officer of sensitive institution.
– IG Islamabad Police Capt (R) Sohail Chaudhry: Ordered 5-day remand proceedings before Judicial Magistrate Zunaira Zafar, directed forensic data recovery, and ordered to collect criminal record from all agencies.
– Intelligence Support: According to security sources, premier civilian intelligence agency under DG Fuad Asadullah Khan provided active technical support in tracing the accused, his Easypaisa/JazzCash transactions, fake Gmail accounts, and Mansehra-Islamabad network linkage.

COURT PROCEEDINGS – BOTH CASES:

– PS Ramna Case FIR 830 (322/34 PPC): Accused produced with face covered before Judicial Magistrate Zunaira Zafar. IO sought 10-day remand for thorough examination of facts, verification of evidence, and examination of potential evidence. Court granted 5-day physical remand. Accused revealed as dismissed employee of Quetta Anti-Corruption Department who operated gang with two women.
– FIA Anti-Trafficking Case: Rs 9.3 million fraud confirmed. Rs 2.9 million via bank account, rest cash. Fake Harvard letters, scholarship awards, fee receipts prepared via AI. Two female accomplices Fatima Sarwar and Aiza picked up in separate raids. Forensic recovery underway at Punjab Forensic Science Agency and NCCIA Lab after accused deleted massive data.

THE HUMAN ANGLE – A DREAM SOLD:

Laiba Ijaz, BS Physics Gold Medalist 2019-2023 IIUI, wanted to become a scientist. Contacted in Feb 2023 via internship at insurance company where accused worked. Later lured through friend Aiza’s Tik Shop business. Accused used second number posing as Aiza and fake Gmail as Azhar (Aiza’s brother in USA), answered all technical questions via ChatGPT, kept changing visa interview dates Sept 1, Sept 17, Sept 26.

When verification failed, she sent last message to maternal uncle: “Don’t tell father.” Body found near Sunday Bazaar green belt, old traffic police checkpost.

MANSEHRA LINK – SAME SCRIPT:

Advance taken from Mansehra victims for jobs in sensitive institution, time given near Rawalpindi sensitive agency office, money taken via Easypaisa/JazzCash, then disappeared, phones off, numbers changed. Letters found fake. Case registered in Thana Mansehra, accused became Proclaimed Offender.

FAMILY & COUNSEL:

Father: Sold plot, pledged wife’s jewelry, paid Rs 21 lakh cash in G-10/Blue Area, Rs 29 lakh via daughter’s account, shown fake $20,000 USD receipts. Demands exemplary punishment.

Family Counsel: Demands speedy special trial under Qatal-bis-Sabab and cybercrime laws, state to return money and recover from accused.

Minute Mirror Stands With Laiba’s Family – Demands Justice, Not Just Arrest.