ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Justice Movement (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is likely to be tried in Adiala Jail in a £ 190 million settlement case, Where the former prime minister is currently imprisoned in the cipher case.
The chairman of PTI was arrested a day ago in the cases of Al-Qadir Trust and Tosha Khana when an accountability court in Islamabad issued his arrest warrant Were issued.
A team from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), led by Assistant Director Muhammad Asif and Waqar al-Hassan, visited Adiala Jail and executed the arrest warrant through the prison superintendent.
Earlier today, journalists had asked Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir if Khan would face a jail trial in the settlement case as a notification in the case Being passed.
Judge Bashir replied that it was possible if the notification was approved. He added that the NAB could tell where the former prime minister would be prepared.
“Will you go to Adiala Jail too?” The judge questioned the journalists in court.
Journalists responded that they were not allowed to enter and report to Adiala Prison.
The judge assured reporters that if the case was filed in prison, they would do something about it. He added that open court allows everyone to hear the hearing.
Earlier in the hearing, the judge asked the NAB prosecutor when the PTI chairman would be presented.
“Are Imran Khan in jail or moved to police station?” He discovered.
However, the NAB prosecutor showed a lack of knowledge about the question.
Judge Bashir then instructed the prosecutor to check whether any reports of the prison trial had been issued.
The NAB considers various options for physical remand
Meanwhile, sources revealed that the NAB is considering various options for taking physical remand of Imran Khan.
Sources added that the physical remand of the former prime minister in Adiala prison must be reported from the Ministry of Law.
“Sources inside the NAB said that “notification regarding the prison case will be issued soon،” He added that the accused must be brought to justice within 24 hours of his arrest.
The head of the PTI has been indicted by a special court who is currently being held in Adiala prison in the cipher case.
£ 190 million settlement case
The chairman of PTI is facing billions of rupees in corruption charges in the case of property tycoons.
Khan — along with his wife Bushra BB and other PTI leaders — faces a NAB inquiry into the settlement between the PTI government and the property tycoon , Which allegedly caused a loss of £ 190 million to the national treasury.
According to the allegations, Khan and other defendants reportedly sent 50 times to the Pakistani government by the British National Crime Agency (NCA) as part of a deal with the property Tycoon adjusted to Rs. — £ 190 million.
He is also accused of taking unnecessary advantage in the case of more than 458 canals in Mouza Bakrala, Sohawa for the establishment of Al-Qadir University.
During the PTI government, the NCA confiscated assets worth 190 190 million from property tycoons in the UK.
The agency said the assets would be transferred to the government of Pakistan and the settlement with the Pakistani property tycoon “a is a civil matter, and it does not represent a search for crime.
Then, without revealing the details of the secret agreement, then-Prime Minister Khan، On 3 December 2019, his cabinet approved a settlement with the British Crime Agency.
It was decided that the money would be deposited in the Supreme Court by Tycon.
Subsequently, the Al-Qadir Trust was established in Islamabad a few weeks after the PTI-led government approved the agreement with the property tycoon.
Zulfi Bukhari, Babar Awan, Bashari Bibi and his close friend Farah Khan were appointed members of the trust.
Two to three months after the cabinet’s approval, the property tycoon transferred 458 canals to Bukhari, a close associate of the PTI chief, which he later transferred to the trust Given.
Bukhari and Awan later opted out as trustees. This trust is now registered in the names of Khan, Bashari BB and Farah.
NAB officials were previously investigating alleged abuse of power in the recovery process of “ dirty money” received from the UK Crime Agency.
After “undeniable evidence” emerged in the case, the inquiry was turned into an investigation.
According to NAB officials, Khan and his wife acquired billions of rupees in land from the property tycoon to build an educational institution, In exchange for striking an agreement to legalize the black money of the property tycoon received from the UK Crime Agency.
