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FIA building declared dangerous

LAHORE: FIA building of Lahore, which was target of a suicide attack on Tuesday, has been declared dangerous by the authorities. A team of investigators probing into the earlier Naval War College bombing was also present in the premises located at Temple Road adjacent to the Mall. FIA investigates into corruption in federal departments. The agency also probes passport scandals, bogus medicines and other relevant crimes. One of the key tasks of FIA is to investigate into human smuggling cases. Eighteen big human smugglers were under investigation with FIA Lahore at the time of the blast; seven of them were taken to courts for hearing of their cases. “Remaining 11 smugglers in the FIA lockup were disappeared after the bombing,” Director FIA Lahore Chaudhry Manzoor said. A high level team that was investigating into the Naval War College bombing was said to be present in the building at the time of the blast.

Courtesy Geo

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