LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has claimed that Farah Khan, a friend of former first lady, may be involved in Asia...
LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has claimed that Farah Khan, a friend of former first lady, may be involved in Asia's biggest money laundering scandal.
According to Dawn newspaper, in a press conference on Sunday, party leaders called on Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi and Farah Khan as evidence of corruption in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. Play an audio clip in which a property tycoon can also be heard.
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Dawn is unable to independently verify the content and authenticity of the audiotape.
Punjab government spokesman Ataullah Tarar and PML-N provincial information secretary Azmi Bukhari alleged that Farah Khan ruled the country from his office in Punjab and amassed billions of rupees in assets.
Calling Farah Khan by the name of Farah Gogi, Ata Tarar alleged that she used to approve 'transfers and appointments' of government officials in Punjab in exchange for huge payments and billions of rupees were spent on buying diamonds. Sent to Dubai where they were sold.
He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture, and that his confession had been obtained through torture.
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He said that the proceeds from the sale in Dubai were transferred to Pakistan through hawala and hindi.
He demanded from the PTI chairman to ask Farah Gogi to return home and join the investigation.
The audio clip released during the press conference allegedly featured property tycoon Malik Riaz and his daughter, the duo talking about the demands made by Farah Khan in return for some 'government favors' in the audio. Was
In the audio clip, the daughter tells her father that Farah Khan had called her and told her that the first lady had asked him not to accept the three carat diamond ring. "I don't like that kind of thing," she said.
The property tycoon then asks her daughter to give her what she is asking for, to which the daughter replies that I have offered Farah to buy a five carat ring which will cost Rs. 10 million, she says. That your meeting with Farah is scheduled for Saturday, so the ring should be arranged before that.
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Malik Riaz asked his daughter to order the ring, to which she replied that he had done so and that it would be delivered the next day.
The daughter is also heard telling her father that the locks on their site (to form a residential society) will be unlocked in the morning.
Without naming Farah, he quoted her as saying that Imran Khan had called, guaranteeing that he would remove the negative report that was apparently submitted about the housing scheme site and that A letter from Shehzad Akbar, former adviser to the prime minister on accountability, will also be delivered to him.
According to sources, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had objected to Malik Riaz's housing scheme in Peshawar as it was illegal and was started without the permission of the concerned authorities.
Atta Tarar claimed that the government had obtained more audio recordings of Farah Gogi as evidence of corruption, and that clips could be sent for forensic tests if needed.
PML-N leader Uzma Bukhari sarcastically said that two women, Bushra Bibi and Farah Gogi, had lifted Imran Khan out of poverty by running the financial affairs of Bani Gala.
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He alleged that Imran Khan had hired two women for his corrupt activities.
He said that so far his party has received information about the sale of diamonds in Dubai but details of other wrongdoings will also come to light soon.
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