{
  "id": 12788247,
  "title": "Two held for ‘running hundi/hawala networks’ in Dera Ghazi Khan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/two-held-for-running-hundi-hawala-networks-in-dera-ghazi-khan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T04:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035579/two-held-for-running-hundihawala-networks-in-dera-ghazi-khan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) operatives executed simultaneous raids in Dera Ghazi Khan on Wednesday, clamping down on suspected hundi/hawala networks and apprehending two individuals. During the first operation, the DG Khan Circle apprehended a suspect involved in a hundi/hawala network, seizing Rs680,000 in cash, a mobile phone, and records of illicit transactions. The second raid, conducted at a store in Pull Notak, resulted in the arrest of Saim, who allegedly operated a hundi/hawala business. Law enforcement recovered Rs25,000 in cash, a mobile phone, and additional evidence from Saim. The raids were supervised by a composite circle deputy director, with further investigation pending. Concurrently, the FIA Bahawalpur Composite Circle apprehended Saeed, a proclaimed offender from the Lodhran district. Saeed was the subject of FIR No 160/2024 registered by the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle under Section 22-B of the Emigration Ordinance, 1979. He was accused of deceiving a woman by promising to send her son to Dubai on an employment visa, only to fail in fulfilling his promise and embezzling Rs195,000 in the process. Additional investigation remains ongoing.",
  "summary": "LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested two suspects in separate raids for allegedly running hundi/hawala network in Dera Ghazi Khan, seizing over Rs0.7 million from them. As per an FIA spokesperson, the agency’s DG Khan Circle, in a raid arrested a suspect operating hundi/hawala network, recovering Rs680,000 cash, a mobile phone and record of illegal money…",
  "key_points": [
    "FIA raids suspected hundi/hawala networks in Dera Ghazi Khan",
    "Two individuals arrested, Rs705,000 seized in operations",
    "Saeed, proclaimed offender, accused of human trafficking fraud"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The crackdown on suspected hundi/hawala networks in Dera Ghazi Khan signals a tightening of enforcement against illicit financial activities, dealing a blow to those allegedly profiting from such operations.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}