ISLAMABAD: Former federal minster for finance Shaukat Tarin participated in the ongoing investigation of FIA against him through video link on Thursday.
Though the former finance czar participated in the Federal Investigation Agency probe against him but he failed to satisfy the grilling sleuths of the inquiry team.
However, Tarin requested more time to prepare his response, which the FIA allowed after consulting his attorneys.
In relation to the contentious audio samples that have been ascribed to Tarin, the FIA is questioning him. Tarin was heard advising the finance ministers of Punjab and KP to inform the federal government that their provinces could not post a budget surplus in the audio clips that leaked on August 29.
He was called up by the FIA on Tuesday to appear before it on Wednesday to record his statement, but he did not show up. Later, he got in touch with the investigation team to let them know he hadn’t received any notice. The FIA team then sent him a fresh summons to the address on his legal name in Karachi, requesting that he show up at the FIA Cybercrime Reporting Centre in Islamabad on Thursday to record his statement.
