LAHORE: The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment arrested former Governor and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Sarfraz Cheema from his residence for his alleged involvement in forgery in his sister’s inheritance registration certificate, the sources said on Wednesday.
The government authorities arrested Cheema from his residence at 4:30 am in the morning.
The ACE officials alleged that Cheema, as a former governor, misused his authority and got his sister’s name included in the inheritance registration certificate through forgery. They also alleged that Cheema’s sister, Fatima Sarfraz Cheema, had divorced her husband, Dr. Zahir Safdar, in 2013, and the divorce documents were filed in the Union Council Walton.
However, after the death of Dr. Zahir Safdar last year, Cheema allegedly added his divorced sister’s name to the inheritance certificate through forgery. It was after taking the oath as governor that Cheema reportedly got the inheritance registration of his former sister-in-law fraudulently done.
The Anti-Corruption Punjab had earlier issued a notice to Cheema and his wife on March 25 this year, asking them to appear before the authorities for questioning.
Additional Director General of Anti-Corruption Punjab, Waqas-ul-Hassan, stated that Cheema had been handed over to the Punjab Police after his arrest. He further added that a case against Cheema under Section 7 of the Anti-Corruption Act had already been filed, and further action would be taken after further investigation.
Cheema has yet to make any public statement regarding his arrest.
