From M Zulqernain and Rezaul H Laskar Lahore/Islamabad, July 23 (PTI) Pakistan today suspended eight officials of the National Database and Registration Authority after a British newspaper reported it had uncovered a visa scam that could allow potential terrorists to sneak into Britain with the country\'s Olympic team. The eight officials from Lahore who were suspended were believed to have helped an undercover team of the British tabloid, The Sun, in acquiring a Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC). The identity card was used to obtain a Pakistani passport. "We have suspended eight employees, including the general manager in Lahore, in connection with the scandal and launched a thorough investigation," NADRA Chairman Tariq Malik said. Strict action will be taken if the NADRA officials are found guilty, he said. Earlier in the day, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik formed a special team to probe the British newspapers report on the visa scam. Malik directed the team headed by the Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency to complete its investigation in three days and to arrest those responsible. The team includes officials from NADRA, Inter-Services Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau and FIA. Officials said a decision was made to launch a large-scale investigation within NADRA and the passport office that The Sun had reported was involved in the scam. The Sun reported its journalist had infiltrated a criminal ring that offered false passports, visas and access to the 2012 London Olympics as "bogus support staff" of the Pakistani team. The ring had provided its undercover reporter a genuine Pakistani passport in a false name, the newspaper reported.
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