Imran and his spouse allegedly bought land worth hundreds of kanals and billions of rupees from Bahria Town Ltd. in exchange for legalising Rs 50 billion the UK had found and repatriated during the PTI regime.
In this case, Imran was arrested earlier this year at the Islamabad High Court. After the Supreme Court declared the arrest unconstitutional, he was released.
The accountability monitor detained the PTI leader again on November 14. Adiala Jail holds the Cypher case chief. The watchdog placed him on physical remand after judicial remand.
Zulfi Bukhari, a legal specialist for the PTI’s Assets Recovery Unit (ARU), Ziaul Mustafa Nasim, Ahmed Riaz, and Farhat Shahzadi, Imran’s wife’s close friend and former SAPM Mirza Shahzad Akbar, are also included.
Today, the Islamabad accountability watchdog referred Imran and others to an accountability court. The individual “was given multiple opportunities to provide information and justify their actions, but they purposefully and maliciously refused to provide the information on one or more pretexts,” according to the statement.
Their comments also show they have no defence to the charges. All of them violated the National Accountability Ordinance.
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NAO said investigation results and protocols “established that accused persons in connivance with each other have committed the offence of corruption and corrupt practises.”
Imran was “pivotal” in illegally transferring money to Riaz instead of the government, according to the citation.
According to the citation, Akbar was “crucially involved” in the “illegal design of the funds,” which belonged to the state. Former SAPM Asset Recovery Unit head Akbar.
The reference stated Malik and the other responders “actively aided, abetted and assisted and acted in conspiracy” to pilfer public funds.
Imran, his wife’s “front woman,” Bushra Bibi, and Shahzadi were “important” and “crucial” in the “illegal activities.”
The reference said it was “just and proper” to proceed with the eight accused due to “sufficient incriminating evidence” supporting it.
It requested that the court or other authority that received the reference punish the eight defendants legally.
The situation
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is prosecuting real estate billionaire Riaz and his family for money laundering involving 140 million pounds from improper land acquisition and building of Al-Qadir University.
Additionally, Imran is accused of concealing the settlement deal from the cabinet. As part of the settlement, 140 million pounds were to go to the national exchequer. It was altered nonetheless in order to retrieve the Rs. 450 billion that BTK was due.
Imran and his wife allegedly paid Rs 50 billion and hundreds of kanals of land to protect the real estate company from a money laundering probe earlier this year, according to former Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah.
He claimed that Rs. 50 billion had been “illegally transferred” by Bahria Town to a British-Pakistani national. According to Sanaullah, the UK’s NCA found the transfer and notified the PTI administration of the crime.
PML-N MP: Prime Minister Imran sent Akbar, the former prime minister’s accountability aide, to mediate the conflict. The interior minister argued that the Bahria Town contract was void due to the Rs 50 billion in public property and the national treasury, even after Akbar “settled” the litigation.
Sanaullah claims that Imran’s spouse and contributors to the real estate developer signed the deal to transfer hundreds of acres of land from Bahria Town to the Al-Qadir Trust.
He clarified that Imran and his partner were the nonprofit’s only trustees. According to a minister, “Farah Shehzadi” introduced 240 new channels.
Remember that on November 23, the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to obtain a deposit of Rs. 35 billion from the highest court in the Bahria Town settlement, which is held in bank accounts? The SC registrar was the account holder.
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