A criminal case has been registered at the North Cantonment Police Station against Samira Ahmed (also known as Samira Zia), the former personal assistant to the late Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, following allegations of a multi-million rupee financial fraud.
The First Information Report (FIR), lodged by the deceased governor’s widow and prominent businesswoman, Aamna Taseer, invokes sections 420, 468, and 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which pertain to cheating, forgery, and using forged documents as genuine.
According to the text of the FIR, the complainant claims that the accused, a long-term trusted employee since 2006, allegedly abused her position of trust. The complainant states that an internal audit recently uncovered that the accused allegedly forged signatures on 25 different bank checks to illicitly withdraw over PKR 7.9 million from a joint account. Furthermore, the accused is alleged to have unauthorisedly siphoned an additional PKR 400,000 from company accounts, bringing the total reported financial misappropriation to over PKR 8.3 million.
The FIR further states that while the accused initially acknowledged the matter in front of administration officials and promised reimbursement, she subsequently refused to comply. Police authorities have registered the case following a court order and have officially handed over the investigation to the operations and investigation wings to recover the alleged defrauded amount. No arrests have been officially confirmed at this stage.