Rahat Fateh Ali Khan faces the music for having secret bank accounts

Legendary singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has faced the music for having bank accounts reportedly having a balance of over Rs60 million hidden from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

Following the discovery of his secret bank accounts, the FBR has slapped Rs42.3 million tax liability on Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, local media reported.

As per FBR, only two bank accounts were earlier declared by the singer. Khan was also summoned by the revenue board regarding his bank accounts but he failed to give a satisfactory answer to the investigators.

The singer was given a deadline of one month to clear Rs42.3 million tax liability.

This is not the first for Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to face tax evasion charges as the FBR launched an investigation into his income from his concerts abroad in 2020 and in 2017, his bank accounts were seized over alleged tax evasion worth Rs3 million in 2015.

He had also been summoned to the Lahore Regional Tax Office in 2017 after his return from a foreign tour and non-payment of his taxes for the past five years despite getting notices by the FBR.