LAHORE
\nThe Lahore National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an investigation against former First Lady Bushra Imran\u2019s close friend Farah Khan over allegations of amassing assets beyond her known sources of income and alleged money laundering.
\nThe NAB will scrutinize the benefits Khan availed as a spouse of a public office holder. The inquiry was authorized last month in a meeting held at the bureau\u2019s headquarters.
\nThe bureau had issued directives to the Lahore NAB director general to conduct the inquiry into the allegations of accumulating assets beyond means, money laundering and maintaining various accounts against Khan.
\nAccording to a NAB press release issued after the meeting, \u201chuge turnover amounting to Rs847m has been found in her account during the last 3 years, which does not commensurate with her stated account profile.\u201d
\nThe press release added that the money was received and by Khan in her personal account and withdrawn immediately. \u201cWhile reviewing the income tax returns of Farhat Shahzadi (alias Farah Khan), it was allegedly observed that her assets significantly increased from the year 2018 onwards for unknown reasons,\u201d read the press release.
\nEarlier, media reports said that Farah Khan\u2019s wealth jumped four times under Imran Khan, according to the documents she submitted with the Election Commission of Pakistan when she became PTI\u2019s covering candidate for Senate elections in 2021.
\nHer wealth increased after former Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Usman Buzdar as Punjab chief minister. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Khan was transferred, in her name, Islamabad real estates worth billions of rupee from the son of a property tycoon.
\nSeparately, the excise department records showed Khan and her husband Ahsan Jameel Gujjar own as many as 19 vehicles, including the two most expensive Porsche. According to the excise department, 12 vehicles were registered in the name of Khan, while seven sedan cars under the name of Gujjar.
\nThe federal government has initiated the legal process to bring back to Pakistan from Dubai. Government sources on Thursday claimed that a probe has also been launched to dig up bank account details of four people employed at the PTI Central Secretariat while Imran Khan\u2019s tax returns and sources of income will also undergo scrutiny.
\nSources said that officials believe Farah Khan\u2019s presence is necessary to investigate certain corruption cases. Khan has left the country last month after the then opposition levelled corruption allegations against her. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE The Lahore National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an investigation against former First Lady Bushra Imran\u2019s close friend Farah Khan over allegations of amassing assets beyond her known sources of income and alleged money laundering. The NAB will scrutinize the benefits Khan availed as a spouse of a public office holder. The inquiry was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1284,6576,208,3674,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-259276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-allegations","9":"tag-farah-khan","10":"tag-inquiry","11":"tag-money-laundering","12":"tag-nab"},"yoast_head":"\n