Significant progress has been made in the £190 million reference, Latif Khosa’s arguments have been completed while the Islamabad High Court has adjourned the hearing on the bail application of former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan till April 29.
Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of the Islamabad High Court heard the bail application of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 190 million pounds reference.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor Amjad Pervez did not appear in court while NAB requested to postpone the hearing.
Prosecutor NAB said that Amjad Parvez might not come because it was not known regarding the appointment of the case.
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Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that there is an application for bail, every week automatic is set, today we will hear the arguments of the founder PTI’s lawyer.
He said that you should not do this on the bail application, where is the investigating officer? Why is the investigating officer not present? Is his warrant issued?
Later, Latif Khosa, the lawyer of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, started the arguments and said that the NCA had frozen the money in UK which was transferred to Pakistan through the agreement. An amount of 171 million pounds was transferred to the account, taxes etc. were deducted and sent to Pakistan.
Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri inquired how the money got into the Supreme Court’s account. On which the lawyer said a ‘Deed of Confidentiality’ was signed, Shahzad Akbar was the signatory.
Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri said that was the will of the Supreme Court included in it? On which Lataf Khosa said that the Supreme Court had opened an account, the Supreme Court had opened an account to transfer the amount of 460 billion, on November 23, 2023, the Supreme Court sent the money back to the Government of Pakistan. Founder PTI and Bushra Bibi are not beneficiaries of this money.
Background
It should be remembered that in the hearing held on January 6 this year, PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife might not be charged.
Later, in the hearing held on March 6, the statements of 3 NAB witnesses were recorded.
The court had declared 6 co-accused of the reference, including property tycoon Malik Riaz, as fugitive and fugitive criminals in the 190 million pound reference.
Earlier even on January 4, Imran Khan and his wife were not indicted and arguments were given by NAB on the bail application in the 190 million pounds references, following which the hearing was adjourned till January 6.
It should be noted that in the Al-Qadir Trust case, it is alleged that Imran Khan and his wife legitimized the 50 billion rupees sent to the government of Pakistan by the British National Crime Agency (NCA) during the PTI regime. In return for giving billions of rupees and hundreds of kanals of land from Bahria Town Limited.
The case relates to the alleged illegal acquisition and construction of land for Al-Qader University in which Malik Riaz and his family have been charged £140 million by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in a money laundering case. Unlawful gain was obtained in recovery.
Imran Khan is also alleged to have misled the Cabinet by concealing the facts regarding the settlement agreement, the amount (£140 million) was received under the settlement agreement and was to be deposited in the national exchequer. But it was adjusted to recover the dues of Bahria Town Karachi of Rs 450 billion.
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2024-04-28 16:22:46
