Tariq Pervez retires as DG FIA
Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:18
The Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Tariq Pervez, refused to get an extension in his service and retired gracefully on Monday, 29th December, 2008. He is an Abdalian from the 1960 Entry, and his son, Qasim, also happens to be an Abdalian.
“I am fully satisfied that I retire with honour and dignity, and this is very important to me,” he said. Tariq Pervez plans to engage in counter-terrorism efforts and may join a think-tank. To a question posed by a newspaper correspondent, he said he faced pressure for many times during his service. “When one does the right job, one is bound to face such situations.”
Tariq Pervez served in the FIA for many years. A most remarkable but eye-opening incident related to his recommendations to the then FIA chief for dismissal of Rehman Malik, a senior agency official at the time and now the Advisor Ministry of Interior, on a variety of serious charges in late nineties. Meanwhile, it is learnt that names of two senior police officers including Tariq Khosa, who has earlier served in the FIA and also happens to be Abdalian.