LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Wednesday registered a case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Bushra Bibi’s wife Ibrahim Manika, former Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Farhat Shahzadi alias Farah Gogi, senior bureaucrat Tahir Khurshid, Ahmed Aziz. . Tarar, Saleha Saeed, Usman Moazzam and Sohail Khawaja. According to ACE, the accused took crores of rupees in bribes for the appointment and transfer of senior officers in various government departments. The money received as bribe was allegedly collected by Farah Gogi and deposited in various banks. In the FIR, ACE claimed that around Rs 450 million has been recovered so far. The FIR stated that the accused bureaucrats in connivance with government and political officials misused the powers of appointment and transfer of persons to high posts in the government.
The FIR stated that senior bureaucrats – Tahir Khurshid, Ahmed Aziz Tarar, Saleha Saeed, Usman Moazzam and Sohail Khawaja – used to accept bribes for appointments and transfers of high-ranking officials. These officers used to go to Farah Gogi’s house in DHA 99-Y and give him share of lakhs of rupees. After receiving the bribe money from the officers, the personal staff Ahmed Mansoor and Muhammad Asif used to deposit it in their personal account in a private bank at Liberty Branch Lahore. For the first time in the history of ACE, a few names from the bureaucracy have been included in the FIR, including Tahir Khurshid alias TK (former Punjab Chief Secretary), Ahmed Aziz Tarr (DMG officer), Saleha Saeed (former deputy). Commissioner Lahore) are included. Whereas in the past the former DG of ACE was reluctant to file FIR against DMG officers.
