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summoned Younis Habib, (Mirza Aslam Beg), and Asad
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Yunus Habib was arrested on 7 April 1994 for misappropriation in the sale proceeds of the Dollar Bearer
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via the owner of Mehran Bank, Yunus Habib. Intelligence funds were deposited in Mehran bank in 1992 propping up what was an insolvent bank as a favor to its owner's for help in loaning money to the Inter-Services
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decided to transfer the intelligence fund back to state owned banks as per official rules. Mehran Bank was unable to return the money due to its poor financial state and collapsed. It was later discovered that large sums had been siphoned off to 39 fictitious parties.
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