Toshakhana gift sale: Farah Khan to file defamation case

Farah Khan, a close aide of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s wife, has decided to file a defamation case against the anchor of a private TV channel and a Dubai-based businessman for claiming she sold gift items given to the former prime minister.

The news channel had claimed that an expensive wristwatch gifted by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman to former prime minister Imran Khan was sold by Farah Khan and Shahzad Akbar to Pakistani-Norwegian Umar Farooq Zahoor in Dubai.

Zahoor claimed he had evidence to prove he bought the rare watch and three other Toshakhana gifts from Farah Khan, a close friend of Bushra Bibi, for 7.5 million Dirhams in cash.

Advocate Azhar Siddique said a draft of the legal action and defamation has been prepared against Geo TV and anchorperson Shahzaib Khanzada and Umar Farooq Zahoor on behalf of Farhat Shehzadi, also known as Farah Gogi.

The lawyer said a notice seeking five billion rupees in damages will be sent on behalf of Farah Khan. He said an application will also be filed regarding the registration of a criminal case.

He said an application will also be registered against the violation of PEMRA rules. He said consultations are being held with lawyers to file cases abroad.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan has also announced taking action against the anchor and the Dubai-based Pakistani businessman for claiming to have sold a watch and other items from the Toshakhana.

Imran Khan said that the anchor Shahzaib Khanzada had slandered him through a baseless story by a “known fraudster and internationally wanted criminal”.

Imran Khan said he spoken to his lawyers and will sue the private channel, anchor and the businessman in Pakistan and also in UK and UAE.

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Earlier, PTI senior leader Fawad Chaudhry said the businessman who has been presented as the buyer was never sold the watch nor is he directly or indirectly related to Imran Khan.

Fawad said that when no case was found against Imran Khan, it was claimed that Saudi King gifted an expensive watch that was bought from the Toshakhana and sold at an expensive price in the market.

He clarified that a watch worth $5 million (approx. Rs2 billion) was never gifted to any prime minister. He said Imran Khan bought a watch from Toshakhana according to the law and declared it in his tax returns and election commission reports.

He said the person whom Jang/Geo Group presented as the buyer was never sold the watch nor is he directly or indirectly related to Imran Khan.