KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started an investigation into embezzlement at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

FIA has issued notices to the administrative officer of JPMC. The notice said that the administrative officer of Jinnah Hospital Karachi should appear before the FIA Corporate Crime Officer along with all the records.

FIA officials say that during a raid at a house on Kashmir Road, a man named Masoom Ahmed was questioned, who revealed that he had bought banned contraband drugs, lenses, for the hospital.

FIA said that 780 million have been embezzled in illegal purchase of medicines, surgical instruments.

Officials say that 250 million have been embezzled in purchase of medicines, surgical equipments in National Institute of Child Health (NICH).

It has also been revealed that JPMC is buying drugs from the black market for commission and kickbacks.

Among those responsible for the hospital’s purchasing department are dealers of illegal drugs.

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Earlier,  Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration arrested a family going to Saudi Arabia for the purpose of begging while taking action at Faisalabad Airport.

The FIA spokesman said that among the arrested suspects are Minwar Hussain and Shafia Bibi, the accused were going to Saudi Arabia with their daughter.

The spokesman said that the accused kept traveling to Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia for the purpose of begging,