MINUTES OF NIOC’S 25th ADVISORY BOARD MEETING

The 25th Advisory Board Meeting of NIOC was held online on Monday 15 November 2021. The Following participated: President AB Tariq Parvez; Members AB Zahid Hussain, Samina Ahmed and Jawaid Akhtar. Zubair Habib and Dr Manzoor Ahmad could not attend due to their prior commitments.

The following participated from the NIOC Directorate: Director Tariq Khosa, Deputy Director Ejaz Hussain, Consultant Kashif Noon, Governance Expert Ali Nekokara, Legal Expert Saroop Ijaz, Consultant Ammar Jaffri, Research Associate Vaqas Ali, and Manager Administration Hassan Sardar.

The following Agenda was discussed.

Serious and Organized Crime Study: 1) Threat Assessment Reports received from the team members will be sent to AB Members Tariq Parvez, Samina Ahmed, and Jawaid Akhtar for review and feedback. 2) EU Strategy against SOC will be examined by Kashif Noon. 3) Kashif Noon will finalise the draft National Strategy against Serious and Organized Crime before the end of Nov.

MLA Study: 1) Azam Khan is in contact with all stakeholders to get responses to questions. 2) Meeting with the NCA Head of BHC will be arranged soon. 3) Saroop will identify case law and examine SC verdict on MLAs. 4) Kashif and Vaqas will assist Azam in writing the report. 5) Meeting with the DG FMU will be organized soon. 6) FDG with FIA held last week. FDG with DIGs CTDs to be organized soon. 7) FDG at Lahore to be planned as well.

Criminal Justice Reforms Initiative for 2022: 1) Ejaz, Ali, and Kashif to prepare Concept Note before the end of this month. 2) Proposals for donors will be finalised in early December 2021.

It was also decided that 26th AB Meeting in December will be held in person at Islamabad Club.