In an FIA hundi hawala case, a Rawalpindi court has sentenced Khan Bahadur Khan to 10 years in prison and a fine of Rs1 million after he pleaded guilty over suspicious bank transactions exceeding Rs108 million. The Federal Investigation Agency’s Commercial Banking Circle Islamabad brought the prosecution, an FIA official said on 2 November in Islamabad.
How the case was built
According to the FIA official, investigators found that more than Rs108 million had been transferred into the convict’s bank account from different sources, including M/s Shaheen Air International. Those moves did not match his declared income or business activities, the official said.
The case was registered on banking records, witness statements and other evidence gathered during the inquiry. The file was recorded as case No. C-18/2026 and handled by the FIA Commercial Banking Circle Islamabad.
Court findings and sentence
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Irfan Anjum awarded the prison term and fine after Khan Bahadur Khan pleaded guilty. The court convicted him under Sections 5, 8 and 23 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, as amended in 2020—the main law that governs how foreign currency and cross-border payments may be handled in Pakistan.
Hundi and hawala refer to informal channels used to move money outside the formal banking system. When used without legal authorisation, such transfers can breach foreign-exchange rules. In this illegal money transfer case, the court treated the mismatch between the large deposits and the man’s stated earnings as part of the wrongdoing.
What the FIA says happened next
An FIA official described the outcome as a major conviction secured by the Commercial Banking Circle Islamabad. The agency tied the sentence to the scale of the deposits—over Rs108 million—and to the guilty plea. No further court dates or appeals were mentioned in the available account of the ruling.
For readers following enforcement against informal remittance networks, the FIA hundi hawala case underlines that large unmatched bank credits can lead to lengthy jail terms and heavy fines when prosecutors prove a foreign-exchange offence.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Rawalpindi ki court ne Khan Bahadur Khan ko 10 saal qaid aur 10 lakh rupay jurmana diya hai. FIA ke mutabiq us ke account mein 10 crore 80 lakh se zyada rupay aye the jo us ki declared income se match nahi karte thay. Yeh illegal hundi-hawala se linked case tha. Aise kaam foreign exchange qanoon ke khilaf hote hain aur is mein sakhti ho sakti hai.
