Pakistan, March 15 -- Pakistani actress Nadia Hussain has received a hoax call from a fraudster impersonating an FIA officer and demanding a bribe for her husband's release, it was reported, citing an official.

The call came after her husband, Atif Mohammad Khan, was arrested in the embezzlement case.

FIA alerted Hussain that it was a hoax call, but she took to social media to make allegations against FIA officials, prompting an inquiry under the PECA Act.

According to a press release from the FIA, following a complaint filed by the group head of Al-Falah Bank Ltd, FIA Karachi conducted an extensive criminal inquiry into Atif Mohammad Khan, the former CEO of Al-Falah Securities.

An FIA spokesperson stated that the inquiry proceedings ...