Farah Gogi serves Tarar Rs5b legal notice

Gives PML-N leader seven-day ultimatum to apologise for hurling 'baseless accusations' at her

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 that he made unfounded and fabricated accusations against her during a recent news conference.

In the legal notice, Farah challenged the claims made by Tarar, asserting that all her assets had 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.

Farah was prepared to pursue both criminal and civil cases against Tarar for disseminating false and misleading information.

This development followed a recent report claiming that Farah's disclosed assets rose by Rs4.52 billion from 2017 to 2020. Farah admitted owning assets worth Rs950 million in 2020, with her declared assets growing by 420% during the PTI government's tenure.

The report alleged undeclared assets worth Rs3.82 billion.

The report also implicated Farah in a land transaction, claiming that she received 240-kanal 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 she took advantage of the 2018 tax amnesty scheme, regularising Rs489 million in black money collected through bribes.

Tarar, during a news conference in Lahore last week, revealed shocking details about Farah’s assets, alleging a trio – Farah, Bushra, and former Punjab CM Usman Buzdar – was 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.

Marwat had urged PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to declare that Pakistan could not afford further political unrest, emphasising the need for stability in the current circumstances.