LAHORE: FIA Director General (DG) Wajid Zia has b
een remov
ed from his post and has b
een replaced by IG Khyber P
akhtunkhwa Sanaullah Abbasi as DG FIA.
Zia’s removal from his job has been approved by the federal cabinet. He is now been appointed the Director-General of the National Police Bureau.
He has previously served as Inspector General of Railway Police. He first rose to prominence when he headed the joint investigation team to probe the Panama Papers case in 2017. Zia has previously served as the FI
A additional director general (immigration) and twice in the Intelligence Bureau and Motorway Police. He also worked in the E
conomic Crimes Wing of the FIA.
Sources said that Moazzam Jahan Ansari has been appointed IG Khyber P
akhtunkhwa in place of Sanaullah Abbasi, while Kashmir IG Salahuddin has been appointed as the next commander of the Frontier Constabulary.
