Suspect Identified in Laiba Ejaz Fraud Investigation

“The FIA says a suspect has been partially identified in the fraud case involving student Laiba Ejaz, with investigators also looking into the alleged role of a woman.”

— Editorial Team

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The FIA says a suspect has been partially identified in the fraud case involving student Laiba Ejaz, with investigators also looking into the alleged role of a woman.
Officials say the suspects’ names have been placed on a stop list and teams have been sent to arrest them.

General|By Editorial Team|Published 10-Oct-26|Latest update 10/10/2026, 3:41:00 PM|2 min read

Investigators have partially established the identity of a suspect accused of defrauding Laiba Ejaz, a gold medal-winning student at the International Islamic University Islamabad, in a case that has drawn public attention over alleged education consultancy fraud. Officials said the inquiry is now focused on tracing and arresting the people believed to be involved.

Federal Investigation Agency Director Shehzad Bukhari said a woman was also allegedly involved in the fraud. He identified the main suspect as Noman and said the man had falsely presented himself as an accountant at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

According to the FIA official, Noman was neither an authorised agent nor a study consultant. Investigators have obtained his data, and the names of the suspects have been placed on a stop list to prevent them from leaving the country while the case proceeds.

Bukhari said teams have been dispatched to arrest the suspects. The development indicates that the inquiry has moved from initial fact-finding toward enforcement action, with authorities attempting to secure the accused for further questioning.

The case is linked to allegations that Laiba Ejaz and her family were misled through promises of a foreign scholarship. Her maternal uncle said she had hoped to study in the United States and become a scientist, and had approached a consultancy in Islamabad’s Blue Area as part of that ambition.

The family was allegedly told that a scholarship arrangement had been approved under which they would pay 20 percent of the costs while the university would cover the remaining 80 percent. After submitting documents, the family was reportedly persuaded to hand over savings of around Rs1.2 million to Rs1.3 million.

Her uncle further said the family later sold a plot of land and transferred Rs4 million after being told that a bank statement was required under new rules. These claims are now part of the broader investigation into how the family was allegedly pressured into making payments.

The case has highlighted the risks faced by students and families seeking overseas education opportunities through private consultants. The next major step will be the arrest and questioning of the suspects, which may help determine whether more people were involved and whether similar complaints are linked to the same network.