PTI MNA, minister wife accused of land grabbing
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNA Riaz Fatyana’s wife Ashfa Fatyana who is a minister in Punjab; have grabbed the land of an elderly woman measuring over a kanal.
In TOBA TEK SINGH an elderly woman submitted an application to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on Oct 15.
Alleging that PTI MNA Riaz Fatyana, his wife Ashfa Fatyana who is a minister in Punjab; their son Ahsan and two other individuals; have grabbed her land measuring over a kanal and with the connivance of revenue and police officials.
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Farhat Begum of Johar Town, Lahore stated that although inquiries conducted by the police and other departments were in her favor.
The influence of the suspects was a hurdle in the retrieval of her land worth millions of rupees.
The other suspects named in her application were Shahid Abbas Qureshi of Sialkot and Haji Sharif Siddiqui of the same locality.
Meanwhile, PTI MNA Fatyana claimed that; he found out only through the media about the application against him and his family members.
Whereas PTI MNA told a media outlet on Friday that;
Regarding this matter he didn’t do anything nor any of his family members.
“This is actually a property dispute between two parties in Lahore and no one of them was his relative.”
PTI MNA claimed he or his wife, Punjab Women Development Minister Ashfa Fatyana, never supported anybody in any government office.
However he also claimed that he wasn’t aware why the woman sent the application to the NAB against him and his family.
“I fully deny our involvement in any kind of wrongdoing or criminal activity,” he stressed.
Sources in the NAB said the cell concerned will examine the facts mentioned in the application and initiate an inquiry accordingly.
