A team led by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials have visited the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan in the Adiala Jail on Sunday. The main purpose behind the visit of NAB officials is to interrogate Imran Khan in connection with Al Qadir Trust Case.
It is to be noted that, the interrogation continued for over two hours, and the questions were mainly related to the connection of Khan with charges he faces in the 140 million pounds Al Qadir Trust Case.
Meanwhile, officials from the anti-graft watchdog have been visiting Adiala Jail since November 15, to probe on the role of Khan in the case.
Notably, Former PM Khan and his wife are accused of obtaining billions of rupees and over hundreds kanals of land from Bahria Town Ltd for legalizing Rs50 billion that were identified and returned to Pakistan by the United Kingdom during the previous PTI government.
The case is related to the alleged illegal acquisition of land for and construction of Al Qadir University, involving unlawful benefit given in the recovery of prime proceeds (140m pounds) via the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in a money laundering case against real estate tycoon Malik Riaz and his family.
Moreover, PTI Chairman, Khan is also accused of misleading the cabinet by concealing the facts related to the settlement agreement. Money was received under the settlement (140m pounds) and was supposed to be deposited in the national exchequer. But it was adjusted in the recovery of Rs450bn liabilities of the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK).
It is to be hereby added that, the notice served on the accused says that, the anti-graft watchdog takes knowledge of the commission of offences of corruption and corrupt practices as defined under the NAB laws. It added that the NCA had on December 14, 2018 frozen around 20m pounds from the bank accounts of two Pakistani nationals- Ahmad Ali Riaz and his wife Mubashra. On August 12, 2019, the NCA froze 119.7m pounds lying in the bank accounts of Malik Riaz’s family and also one Hyde Park Place property, the notice added.
