A civil judge on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for TV anchor Shahid Masood for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement of Rs38 million from Pakistan Television (PTV).
Masood is under investigation by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the matter.
The anchorperson is accused of signing an agreement with a bogus company to obtain media rights for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The TV channel had to face a heavy loss due to the agreement, media reports said.
The reports added that the FIA sought warrants, saying that Masood had been asked several times to join the investigation. However, he deliberately avoided to join the investigation, claimed reports, citing a request signed by FIA Investigation Officer (IO) Kashir Riaz Awan.
The FIA was quoted as saying that it had sufficient incriminating evidence on record to make the arrest. Subsequently, senior civil judge Amir Aziz ordered that arrest warrants for Masood should be issued.
Published in Daily Times, June 2nd 2018.
