FIA arrests former CDA director, deputy director.

ISLAMABAD -- The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested former director of Municipal Administration Shakeel Arshad Cheena and a deputy director of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chaudhry Mohammad Asif after their pre-arrest bail petitions were dismissed by the special court.

Both the accused were facing charges of embezzlement of Rs9.8 million and had secured the interim bail from the Special Judge Central Azam Khan.

The court announced final decision on these petitions on Wednesday.

The FIA's officials arrested both of them while they were leaving the courtroom.

The administrator of Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI), Irfan Nawaz Memon, on January 5 removed them for alleged corrupt practices.

The administrator, who is also the deputy commissioner Islamabad, issued repatriating orders of DMA director Shakeel Arshad Cheena and deputy director Mohammad Asif to...