Illegal issuance of stamp papers, non-submission of stamp duty, court fee, foreign bills to national treasury exposed
A scandal involving large-scale, systematic irregularities has been uncovered at the Federal Treasury Office in Islamabad.
It has been revealed that stamp papers were illegally obtained from the Federal Treasury Office (FTO), and the stamp paper fee, court fee, and foreign bills were not deposited into the national treasury.
Following the exposure of this mega corruption scandal, the FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad has registered a case against senior auditor Adil Maqbool posted at the FTO, along with 71 officers, officials and stamp vendors.
The case has been registered under sections 109, 409, 420, 467, 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code and section 5(2)47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947.
According to the FIA, under the supervision of Deputy Director of the FIA Anti-Corruption Circle, Afzal Khan Niazi, a late-night crackdown was carried out to arrest the suspects. During the operation, 20 suspects were arrested, while efforts to arrest the remaining accused are ongoing.
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Officials state that the accused, with the alleged collusion of several officers and staff, submitted fake/bogus licences to the FTO Islamabad and obtained stamp papers. Based on these fake licences, 2,638 bogus TR-32 challans were issued, causing a loss of more than Rs296.498 million to the national exchequer.
Sources say a case has been registered against 71 FTO officers, officials, and stamp vendors upon completion of inquiry No. 368/2025 and after receiving records of FIR No. 527/2025 from Aabpara Police Station. The approval for lodging the case was granted by Director FIA Islamabad Zone, Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari, after the completion of the inquiry and emergence of evidence.
According to the FIR, the exact loss will be determined after a 10-year forensic audit.
The roles of ADC-R Imtiaz Janjua, Superintendent Muhammad Arshad, and other officers of the FTO and DRA branches will be determined during the investigation. Under the supervision of Deputy Director FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Islamabad Afzal Khan Niazi, SHO Shams Khan Gondal and his team are engaged in the investigation.
