Peshawar - Peshawar High Court Justice S.M. Attique Shah has issued freezing orders on the fraudulent transfer of shares in the Pak China Fertilizer Limited case involving Muhammad Rafiq Bhojani, his son Zain Abbas Bhojani, Ashafq Ahmed and nephew Muzammil Bhojani who are all currently in the FIA over serious fraud charges. 

Mr. Justice S.M. Attique Shah at the Peshawar High Court issued freezing orders on a company petition filed by Syed Tahir Husain and family against the fraudulent transfer of their shares in the Pak China Fertilizer Limited by their manager Muhammad Rafiq Bhojani. 

According to the petition before the company judge, Husain’s shares were secretly and fraudulently transferred while they were outside of Pakistan. Judge of Peshawar High Court, Mr. Justice S.M. Attique Shah, placed a freezing order on the transfer of the shares. 

The court has granted status quo on the factory and sale of any products/scrap from the factory.

In their petition, the original shareholders informed the court that respondent Bhojani is currently in FIA custody for the offence of fraudulently transferring the shares in his name. 

After hearing shareholders’ counsel Bahzad Haider Advocate, the Court sought comments from Bhojani, who is in the FIA custody. The court also issued notices to the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the FIA in the case. The next date has been fixed for 20th of September 2021.

Tahir Husain and shareholders of Pak China Fertilizers Limited submitted the case in Peshawar High Court for reversal of shares due to the forgery committed by Bhojani of illegally transferring the shares. The judge has granted the status quo which has frozen the shares of the company. The status quo shall also operate against SECP from accepting any filing by the company.

In May this year, the FIA had registered a criminal case involving fraud of Rs1 billion against the former Chief Operating Officer of Pak China Fertilizer Ltd. Muhammad Rafiq Bhojani, his son Zain Abbas Bhojani, Ashafq Ahmed and nephew Muzammil Bhojani, after finding them guilty of fraud.

The case was registered at the Judicial Magistrate South-1 Karachi under Section 154 Code of Criminal Procedure, regarding the illegal transfer of shares of M/s Pak China Fertilizers by fraudulent manner. The process was done by electronic means using fake electronic data, according to the FIA report.

The FIA had said it had established that Mr Bhojani led the criminal plot with help from Zain Abbas Bhojani and nephew Muzammil Bhojani.

The FIA said in the report: “During the course of enquiry, it has been established that the accused Muhammad Rafiq Bhojani prepared fake SECP profile of the complainant, Syed Tahir Hussain, and manipulated fake long-in on the complainant’s behalf for which Muhammad Rafiq Bhojani allegedly used his own cell phone for authentication and gave a fake email address.

“During the course of enquiry it has also been established that accused Rafiq Bhojani prepared fake registration letter of Mr Hussain from his Directorship of M/s Pak China Fertilizers letter and fraudulently affixed fake thumb impression of Syed Amir Hussain on the said registration letter and submitted before the SECP,” the report further stated.