Indictment of IK, Bushra in Toshakhana, Al-Qadir Trust references today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi will be indicted today (Tuesday) in the Toshakhana and Al-Qadir Trust corruption references.

The Accountability Court could not indict Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi on Monday in the references and deferred it till today (Tuesday) due to absence of Bushra Bibi.

Accountability Court judge, Muhammad Bashir, while hearing the case at Adiala Jail, postponed the framing of charges against Khan and his wife in the Toshakhana and in the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA) scam commonly known as the Al-Qadir Trust cases.

Khan and his sisters attended the hearing at the Adiala Jail.

The PTI chief and his wife’s counsel Shoaib Shaheen, Barrister Umair Naizi, and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Prosecutor General, Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi, prosecutor Amjad Pervez, and Irfan Bola appeared before the court.

In case if Bushra Bibi does not appear before the court today, then the court will issue arrest warrants and she will be arrested, according to sources.

The copies of the Al-Qadir Trust case were provided to the PTI founder during the hearing.

The court could not frame a charge against Khan and his wife due to the absence of Bushra Bibi.

AL-QADIR TRUST CASE

In the Al-Qadir Trust case, the bureau had nominated Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, trustee of Al Qadir Trust; Farhat Shehzadi alias Farah Gogi; Shehzad Akbar, former special assistant to the prime minister on accountability and former chairman of Asset Recovery Unit (ARU); Malik Riaz Hussain, chief executive officer (CEO) of Bahria Town Private Limited, Ziaul Mustafa Nasim, former expert on international criminal law ARU, Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari, former trustee of Al Qadir Trust, and Ahmed Ali Riaz.

Out of eight accused nominated by NAB six accused including Malik Riaz, Shehzad Akbar, Ziaul Mustafa Nasim, Zulfi Bukhari, Ahmed Ali Riaz, and Farhat Shehzadi are absconders.

During the hearing, NAB submitted asset details of the six accused before the court who have been declared absconders.

The court has issued perpetual arrest warrants for the six accused.

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