ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency has been handed over 2,000 money-laundering cases under the National Action Plan.
The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has given these cases to the FIA after intelligence agencies had submitted information to NACTA regarding the companies and people that are operating in various parts of the country specially Lahore and Karachi.
The FIA would investigate the cases under Anti-Money Laundering Act, passed by the Parliament with certain amendments.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has also directed the law-enforcement agencies to take action against people involved in money laundering.