Usman Buzdar, Bushra Bibi’s son Ibrahim Maneka, others slapped with graft case by Anti-Corruption Establishment

LAHORE, June 07 (SABAH): A graft case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief’s wife Bushra Bibi’s son, Ibrahim Maneka, former Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar and six others in Lahore by the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Wednesday.

According to the ACE, the accused took bribes worth millions of rupees for appointments and transfers of high-ranking officials in various government departments. Amounts received in bribes were allegedly collected and deposited in different banks by Farhat Shahzadi alias Farah Gogi. Around Rs450 million have been recovered thus far, states ACE in its FIR.

The FIR maintains that the accused abused the powers accorded to them to appoint and transfer individuals to high-ranking posts within the government.

Ibrahim Maneka, Buzdar, Gogi, senior bureaucrat Tahir Khurshid, Ahmed Aziz Tarar, Saleha Saeed, Usman Muazzam and Sohail Khwaja have been named in the case.