Yet another fraud scam against an opposition lawmaker from the capital surfaced on Wednesday, when a widowed former government official appeared before the Supreme Court, seeking Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s help for recovery of over Rs20 million from MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan.
“I am a widow with no source of permanent income. I invested a major chunk of the money I had for two flats in the Khudadad Heights, the housing scheme of Anjum Aqeel Khan in 2004,” Zahida Durrani, 60, said. The reason for this investment was her son, who is deaf and the mother wanted to secure her child’s future.
Narrating her story in front of a three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, which was hearing the case of irregularities in allotment of hundreds of plots in the NPF by the MNA, Durrani said she was living in a rented house in Rawalpindi and had borrowed an amount of Rs2.2 million for the surgery of cochlear implant of his handicapped son. The money, however, remains caught up in Khan’s Khudadad Heights.
The complainant in her application submitted before the court, requested to become a party to the case as she was among the aggrieved. “For years I have been trying to get the possession of the flats, I am among the people he has befooled,” she added.
The court inquired about the National Police Foundation (NPF) chairman but he was not present in the courtroom. Officials of NPF on the other hand, confirmed the scam saying that an FIR had already been filed against MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan in this case.
Durrani informed the court that the PML-N lawmaker floated a scheme in sector E-11 inviting applications for the allotment of flats against payments. “I made the complete payment but the possession of the flat was not given to me by Khan,” she said. As per the terms of agreement, Durrani said, the flat was to be transferred in her name within three months after December 31, 2006.
But Khan has failed in transferring the flat in the name of the allottee at Khudadad Heights despite receiving payment.
Durrani said she is also entitled to the market rent of the apartment from April 2007 until now. “Khan has also swindled hundreds of other people,” she alleged.
The allottees of Khudadad Heights, both individually or collectively, approached the MNA and his associates and held dozens of meetings with him during the last five years for the possession of their apartments.
Every time the meetings did not bear any fruit. Many allottees who were handed over the keys of their apartments found them incomplete as a substantial amount of work pertaining to exterior and interior has not yet been completed.
The MNA is currently in jail in a property fraud case. He is also the main accused in the Rs6 billion National Police Foundation scam.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 27th, 2011.
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WE PAID FOR FLAT IN 2003. Over 8 years we given many excuses by management of KHUDADAD HEIGHTS as to why work is NOT finished. Aamir Shehzad Khan and his staff FAIL to answer the owners/allotees questions on site in E11 ISLAMABAD. How can people lose life savings, their honour and respect to such people as ANJUM AQEEL KHAN who is in JAIL for land fraud. Like many people such as Supreme Court Judges and political parties have to hold these people to account and ensure all flats are COMPLETED or monies paid back fully by end of 2011. Failing that keep this man and his staff in JAIL. THAT IS JUSTICE!
Khudadad Heights scam has been delayed for many years by Anjum Aqeel Khan and his friends through delaying tactics ans telling lies to allotees/owners. They have finally been caught and should be kept in jail until all flats completed or monies are paid back. Is that not justice for the pakistani people and the supreme court? This needs to be higlighted in the national media and needs investigating by judges and reported by the journalists who should not be scared. For it is precisely fear which has prevented th KHUDADAD HEIGHTS SCAM E11 ISLAMABAD from being brought to media attention. Well done to Tribune newspaper and journalists for reporting this scandal
KHUDADAD HEIGHTS ISLAMABAD WAS ALWAYS A SCAM. Anjum Khan has failed to live up to promises he made to investors in 2003. Continual LIES to investors who wanted either complete flats or money back with compensation as agreed. People have LOST life savings, dignity, respect as a result of greed and dishonourable conduct of ANJUM AQEEL KHAN. We need national level investigation into the KHUDADAD HEIGHTS and interview all people who paid. Agree totally with ZAHIDA DURRANI and all she said in court. These facts can be checked up by journalists. I like saeed malik idea, KEEP Anjum Khan in jail
Mrs Zhahida Durrani i salute you for taking the SCAM of KHUDADAD HEIGHTS all the way to the supreme court. The Tribune journalists and editorial team are to be applauded for highlighting this scam Thousands of people have FULLY PAID UP for these flats in 2003 and 2004. There should be a JUDGE led inquiry into this scam and to take statements from all those conned and to find out the EXACT number of people conned. People with flats who paid need to write to the prime minister and the supreme court. KEEP Anjum in jail until he hands over COMPLETED FLATS or gives all allotees money back with compensation
im all for higher authorities and all that sohail but we've been suffering because of this scamster for several years now. my parents retirement investments were put into khudadad heights and all he's done is treat us with absolute disdain.
this man espouses all that is wrong about pakistani. i hope, one day, my parents get their money back.
There is a higher authority who will judge you one day Aqeel for this widow's money.