Farhat Shahzadi, also known as Farah Gogi, has served a legal notice to high-ranking officials, including NAB chairman, FIA DG, Punjab IG, and Anti-Corruption Department (ACE) DG, following the alleged leakage of property details related to an ongoing investigation against her.
The legal notice explicitly questions the source of leaked documents and points fingers at Atta Tarar, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, questioning how he gained access to sensitive information.
Shahzadi vehemently denied all allegations, asserting that her properties have been duly declared in tax returns and distancing herself from political affairs, claiming a background in a business family.
The notice insists on a thorough examination of Atta Tarar’s phone records to ascertain the origin of the leaked documents, hinting at potential legal consequences for those responsible for the breach.
The controversy deepens as the local media reported a staggering rise in Shahzadi’s disclosed assets by Rs4.52 billion from 2017 to 2020, leading to accusations of corruption and close ties to former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to the reports, Farah Gogi admitted to owning assets worth Rs950 million in 2020, but during the PTI government led by Imran Khan, her declared assets allegedly surged by a remarkable 420%, with an additional claim of undeclared assets amounting to Rs3.82 billion.
The report also alleged that Shahzadi benefitted from a land transfer, receiving 240 kanals of land as a bribe from a property tycoon involved in a settlement with the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). In return, the PTI government reportedly avoided pursuing a Rs460 billion damages case.
Further details suggested Shahzadi took advantage of a tax amnesty scheme in 2018, regularizing Rs489 million in black money acquired through bribes for postings, transfers, and government contracts, allegedly with the support of the PTI chairman.
The extensive list of Shahzadi’s alleged assets includes agricultural land in Bahawalpur and Gujranwala, residential and commercial properties in Islamabad and Lahore, and 200 kanals of agricultural land in Chakri.
The reports went on to claim that Shahzadi and her husband, Ahsan Jameel Gujjar, were involved in money laundering, posing as fake doctors in the UK and holding directorship in Goldstar Euro (Pvt) Ltd, a now-dissolved shell company.
Bank records cited in the report reveal abnormal increases in Shahzadi’s accounts, with a substantial sum of Rs426 million deposited in one account through 47 transactions from 2018 to 2022.
Additionally, a total of 102 bank accounts linked to Shahzadi, Gujjar, and associates have been detected across the country, totaling Rs14.5 billion.
