A Rawalpindi court has sentenced a former postmaster to 29 years of rigorous imprisonment for corruption involving millions of rupees in pension funds.
The convict, Hamid Jaleel, was also ordered to pay a fine of over Rs 2 million and return Rs 21.5 million to the Pakistan Post Department.
The case was initiated in 2022 after the Anti-Corruption Circle in Islamabad found irregularities in pension savings accounts under Jaleel’s supervision.
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The Federal Investigation Agency reported that he had fraudulently recorded transactions worth more than Rs 25.2 million. These manipulations were allegedly carried out while he held a key position in the department.
The court’s judgment is seen as part of a broader crackdown on public sector corruption.
