The G-Magnolia Park Files: How a Gujranwala Housin...

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• LAHORE/GUJRANWALA : What started as a private housing project in 2005 has now become the biggest real estate scandal in Gujranwala’s history, with allegations of multi-billion rupee embezzlement, illegal sale of mortgaged and amenity lands, and a complex corporate identity fraud that has reached the Lahore High Court, NAB, FIA, and the Gujranwala Development Authority.
• *GDA’s investigation, as explained to Minute Mirror by Director GDA and Administrator of G-Magnolia Park, Rizwan,* identifies three levels: *a) Sale of Mortgaged Plots:* Plots that were mortgaged in the name of GDA as a guarantee for approval of the housing scheme map were allegedly sold illegally to private allottees.
• Ltd., challenged GDA’s Notice dated 21.04.2022, assumption of jurisdiction under the Development of Cities Act 1976, sealing of its office on 30.04.2022, transfer of record from TMA to GDA, the alleged transfer of 419 Kanal 2 Marla land, and the Punjab Private Housing Scheme Rules 2021 notified on 07.12.2021.

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LAHORE/GUJRANWALA : What started as a private housing project in 2005 has now become the biggest real estate scandal in Gujranwala’s history, with allegations of multi-billion rupee embezzlement, illegal sale of mortgaged and amenity lands, and a complex corporate identity fraud that has reached the Lahore High Court, NAB, FIA, and the Gujranwala Development Authority.

Minute Mirror has obtained court records, FIRs, and official correspondence that reveal the full scale of the G-Magnolia Park scandal involving its alleged owners Farhat Shahzadi alias Farah Gogi and her husband Ahsan Jamil Gujjar.

1. The Core Allegation: A Three-Level Fraud

According to GDA and NAB documents, the fraud was not one-dimensional.

*GDA’s investigation, as explained to Minute Mirror by Director GDA and Administrator of G-Magnolia Park, Rizwan,* identifies three levels:

*a) Sale of Mortgaged Plots:* Plots that were mortgaged in the name of GDA as a guarantee for approval of the housing scheme map were allegedly sold illegally to private allottees. GDA says these plots were collateral and could not be sold.

*b) Sale of Transferred Properties:* Properties that had been transferred to GDA in lieu of development fees, Corporation fees, and WASA charges were also allegedly sold.

*c) A Scheme Without Approval:* Files and plots were allegedly sold on land that never had any approval, NOC, or fee deposit with GDA. GDA claims an entire extension was marketed without any sanction.

The total recovery demand has now escalated. GDA sent an initial reference of *Rs. 2.75 billion* to the Deputy Commissioner Gujranwala for recovery. The DC Office, after verification, has written to the DG NAB requesting that properties seized in the Al-Qadir Trust case belonging to Farah Gogi and Ahsan Jamil Gujjar be de-seized and handed over to GDA for recovery proceedings.

GDA sources claim that the preliminary audit now shows the scandal to be between *Rs. 7 to 9 billion*, including Rs. 35 crore of Corporation building plan fees, WASA dues, and FBR withholding taxes that were allegedly never deposited.

2. 350 Citizens Cheated – The Human Cost