Islamabad Police Register Fraud Case Against Bushra Bibi

The case filed at Islamabad’s Kohsar Police Station charges the former prime minister and his wife, Bushra Bibi, with fraud for allegedly creating “fake receipts” to sell state gifts.

Islamabad Police Register Case Against Bushra Bibi: The complaint named the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Bushra Bibi, Shahzad Akbar, Zulfi Bukhari, and Farah Gogi, under the provisions of fraudulent receipt and cheating.

According to the FIR, the accused allegedly used his forgery to sign fake receipts for the purported transaction and submitted them to purchase and sell Toshakhana gifts.

According to the complainant, a local watch dealer, the inquiry revealed that the accused had created bogus receipts in his name on a false letterhead for his business. They subsequently used these receipts to sell Toshakhana gifts.

He said in the FIR that “the accused tried to harm the reputation of my business by fabricating fake invoices of Toshakhana gifts.”

Toshakhana allusion

Last year, legislators from the ruling coalition filed a reference alleging that the former prime minister had not disclosed information about the gifts he had received from the Toshaskhana.

After the Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified the PTI chief for making “false statements and incorrect declarations” last month, the Toshakhana issue became a significant source of contention in national politics.

The ruling deemed the former premier to have engaged in corrupt practices, citing provisions 167 and 173 of the constitution. He will be subject to a criminal investigation for filing a fraudulent statement.

In its 36-page thorough judgment, the ECP stated, “His disqualification under Article 63, 1(P) has been for his current parliament membership.”

He had around half the value of the government present in his bank account. The ECP judgment states that Imran Khan was required to disclose the cash and bank account information in his tax forms, but he neglected to do so.

The ECP stated that they had disqualified him under Article 63, 1(P) due to filing a fraudulent statement and declaration. They further declared Khan ineligible and removed him from his National Assembly position.

In response, on March 9, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) opened an investigation into the former prime minister in the Toshakhana case.