LAHORE: A magistrate on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Farhat Shahzadi, known as Farah Khan, in a money laundering case.

Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza Virk issued her arrest warrants on the request of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) which is probing her on money laundering charges.

The FIA had sought non-bailable warrants of her after she did not join the investigation against her.

The FIA had booked Shahzadi, a close friend of former premier Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, on the recommendation of the Anti-Corruption Establishment.

The FIA has also decided to initiate a process to bring her back to the country. The FIA said it would also get the red warrants of the suspect issued from the court before approaching the Interpol for her repatriation.

According to the FIR, the FIA says during the inquiry it transpired that Shahzadi had accumulated crime proceeds through corruption and bribery. Suspicious financial activity in her bank accounts was also reported.

The FIA is also investigating Shahzadi`s husband, Ahsan Jamil Gujjar, in a money-laundering case.

The couple is said to have left abroad since the PML-N-led coalition government took power in April.

The FIA last week summoned the couple but they did not turn up.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2023