F.P. Report
LAHORE: A legal confrontation has emerged between Farhat Shahzadi, also known as Farah Gogi, a close friend of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, and prominent PML-N leader Attaullah Tarar with the former dispatching a legal notice amounting to Rs5 billion to the latter, alleging unfounded and fabricated accusations made during a recent press conference.
In the legal notice, Gogi has challenged the claims made by Tarar, asserting that all her assets have been duly declared in her tax returns.
She demanded a public apology from Tarar within seven days, warning that failure to comply would result in defamation proceedings and a claim for damages amounting to Rs5 billion.
Gogi is prepared to pursue both criminal and civil cases against Tarar for disseminating false and misleading information.
This development follows a recent report claiming that Shahzadi’s disclosed assets rose by Rs4.52 billion from 2017 to 2020. According to Express News, Gogi admitted owning assets worth Rs950 million in 2020, with her declared assets growing by 420% during the PTI government’s tenure. The report alleges undeclared assets worth Rs3.82 billion.
The report further implicated Gogi in a land transaction, claiming that she received 240 kanals of land as a bribe, linked to an out-of-court settlement with a property tycoon in the UK in 2019. It also alleged that Gogi took advantage of the 2018 tax amnesty scheme, regularising Rs489 million in black money collected through bribes.
Ataullah Tarar, during a press conference in Lahore last week, revealed shocking details about Gogi’s assets, alleging a trio consisting of Farah Gogi, Bushra Bibi, and former Punjab CM Usman Buzdar were behind corruption.
Reacting to Tarar’s claims, Imran Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat had dismissed them as a new wave of propaganda against Bushra Bibi.
Marwat had urged PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to declare that Pakistan cannot afford further political unrest, emphasising the need for stability in the current circumstances.
