DUBAI/LONDON: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) examined Dubai-based Pakistani businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor for the Toshakhana probe into Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
According to sources, a four-member NAB team led by Director Rizwan Ahmed met Zahoor at Pakistan Consulate in Dubai to gather information on the sale of the expensive watch, which the PTI chief received as a state gift from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Khan resold the watch.
According to Zahoor’s lawyer, his client met with the NAB team and cooperated.
Umar Farooq Zahoor presented the Mastergraff Limited Edition Mecca Template unique watch to the consulate for NAB verification. The NAB crew validated the watch’s authenticity and uniqueness at Graff in Dubai Mall. It’s a one-of-a-kind set, according to The Graff . The shop manager had never seen it. The Graff retailer told the NAB that custom-made watches’s has no price limit. A NAB insider said, “This is antique because of its unique valuation.”
Whereas, After giving evidence to the NAB team, Liberia’s Ambassador at Large Zahoor signed papers with Pakistan’s consul general, according to the Pakistani Embassy in Dubai.
Arts of Time owner Shafiq has verified that Imran Khan’s receipt in the Toshakahana treasury is falsified.
Afterward, NAB sources say the inquiry team recorded Shafiq’s comments.
The insider said the receipt presented in his name is fraudulent.
According to Zahoor, in November that former first lady Bushra Bibi’s friend Farah Gogi sold him the Graff wristwatch for $2 million in 2019. He stated Shahzad Akbar connected him to Farah Gogi, who sold the watch the Saudi crown prince gave the former PM.
The Gifts
Also, Zahoor’s rare pieces include a diamond MasterGraff Tourbillon Minute Repeater with Makkah map dial GM2751, diamond cufflinks with 2.12ct H IF and 2.11ct I IF round diamonds GR46899, a 7.20ct diamond gent’s ring, a VVSl rose gold pen set with pave diamonds, and an enamel Makkah Map.
Moreover, Zahoor confirmed that the NAB team has examined and authenticated all rare item receipts and purchases.
Five weeks ago, the NAB summoned Zahoor in the Toshakhana case. Afterward, He met with NAB investigators in Islamabad in February.
Thereafter, According to the notice: “The inquiry proceedings have shown that a premium gift item is currently in your possession. You have case-related information. So, you are requested to participate in the CIT inquiry.
The same case’s investigators have summoned the former premier, Bushra Begum, and PTI leaders.
