PM orders suspension of FIA officials for ignoring harassment complaint

Prime Minister Pakistan, Imran Khan ordered the suspension of officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for purposely ignoring the harassment complaints of a woman.

The woman had filed a complaint with the Pakistan Citizen Portal after she repeatedly complained to the FIA, but no response was given. The woman, had filed the harassment complaint five times from December 16 2019 to June 13, 2021, as per a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

The woman had quit her job at a university due to the incessant harassment and complained to the FIA. Over the latter’s alleged inaction, she attempted to take her life.

The woman had to quit her job at the university where she was hired because of continuous harassment, she, later on, complained to the FIA. When no action was taken, she also tried to commit suicide.

The Prime Minister Office mentioned that despite the complaint was re-opened twice, the FIA had failed to fulfill its responsibility.

Ordering DG FIA to suspend the concerned officials, PM Khan ordered an impartial inquiry into the incident and promised that she will get justice.  He stressed on the FIA to provide relief to the woman at the earliest, saying that no complaint should be ignored. The Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit in this regard issued a letter to the DG FIA for an inquiry of the officials concerned. The inquiry report will be submitted to the prime minister on July 20, the Prime Minister’s Office said.