Rana Mashood restrained from flying abroad
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2025-03-12 05:14:41
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) early Saturday barred Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Punjab minister Rana Mashood from flying abroad at the Lahore airport, a private TV channel reported. Rana Mashood was reportedly offloaded from a private airline’s aircraft by the immigration officers of FIA at 2am because of his name being on a blacklist over his involvement in alleged embezzlement of funds of the Punjab Youth Festival. He was to fly to the United States. After being offloaded from the aircraft, he was allowed to leave the airport, reports said. In a statement, the PML-N leader said he was stopped from going abroad as he arrived at the airport. He said he was told that the anti-corruption watchdog has got his name added to the blacklist. He added he kept asking FIA officials about details of the case registered against him but they feigned ignorance. Upon being contacted, according to Mashood, the bureau clarified that he was not required in any case and thus be allowed to go abroad. By that time, his flight had already departed for its destination, he added.
