FIA to Establish Karachi Headquarters in Historic Cotton Exchange Building

FIA set to make Cotton Exchange building its Karachi headquarters

KARACHI: After throwing out the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) from the Cotton Exchange building, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is set to turn the historic structure into its city headquarters, Dawn has learnt. In December 2025, the FIA and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), acting on the orders of the apex court, had claimed to have “recovered” and “vacated” the Karachi Cotton Exchange building situated on I.I. Chundrigar Road, declaring it a federal trust property. The matt...

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