Toshakhana case: NAB collects evidence from Umar Farooq

World Mar, 9 2023
Toshakhana case: NAB collects evidence from Umar Farooq
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DUBAI/LONDON: A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has collected evidence and interviewed Dubai-based Pakistani businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor for the ongoing Toshakhana investigation against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. Sources told local news channel that a four-member NAB team headed by Director Rizwan Ahmed met Zahoor at Pakistan Consulate in Dubai to collect information about the sale of the precious watch which was received by the PTI chief as a state gift from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.  Khan later sold the watch in the open market. Zahoor’s lawyer told Geo News that his client had met the NAB team and cooperated with them.

“Umar Farooq Zahoor brought the Mastergraff Special Edition Mecca Template rare watch with him to the consulate for the NAB team to see and verify. He visited the Graff store in Dubai Mall with the NAB team where it was verified officially that the watch is genuine and one of a kind. The Graff store confirmed to the NAB team that it’s a unique and timeless set and only one in the world. Even the shop manager had not seen it before. 

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 09 2023

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