Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has tightened its circle around super model Ayyan Ali who is facing high profile money laundering case. She has to pay Rs19.3 million income tax on her property. According to sources, the board would not give clean-chit to super model till full amount is not paid by the accused.

Under the income tax law, FBR has retrieve over Rs. 3.5 million from Ayyan Ali’s account in a private bank, however, Rs. 15.7 million is yet to be paid. Earlier, on the request of the Federal Board of Revenue and the Interior secretary, the federal government has re-included the name of super model Ayyan Ali in the exit control list (ECL) after briefly striking it off in compliance with a Supreme Court verdict issued two weeks ago.

An Interior Ministry notification announced Ayyan Ali’s name had been removed from the list a day after the supermodel requested the Apex Court to initiate contempt proceedings against the government for non-compliance against its April 13 order. The SC in its judgement observed that there was no reason Ayyan’s name should remain on the ECL as she had regularly attended hearings pertaining to a case of currency smuggling at the customs court in Rawalpindi and had cooperated with law enforcement authorities.

A day earlier, FBR also sealed luxury flat owned by Ayyan Ali in Karachi Defence worth millions rupees. Ayyan Ali was attempting to smuggle over 0.5 million US dollar in her luggage at Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The model had not managed to establish the source of income before the authorities.