Paks freeze 16 Taliban related bank accounts

Pak Tribune:

PESHAWAR: Government of Pakistan has frozen 16 bank accounts operating in Pakistani banks on the charges of their involvement in financing Taliban movement and other terrorists.

Sourced told Online that special investigation group of Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) froze 16 bank accounts opened in various commercial banks, which were being used to finance Taliban movement and terrorists. These accounts were operated on fake national identity cards in the banks including Standard Chartered Bank Peshawar, Muslim Commercial bank Chowk Yadgar, Union Bank Islamabad, Askari Bank Peshawar Cantt, Bank of Punjab Chowk Yadgar and United Bank Chowk Yadgar. SIG has expanded the scope of inquiry and initiated investigation against higher officials of the these banks.

Sources said that about 600 million rupees were drawn from the bank branch at Chowk Yadgar Peshawar in 2003 through cheques and the money so drawn was provided to Taliban as financial assistance. The evidence are also available with the concerned authorities on this count. .

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