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Pakistan Court Indicts Imran Khan, Wife In Toshakhana Corruption Case

Last updated: 2024/01/09 at 4:07 PM
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The prosecution has alleged the couple stored some presents given by heads of state and undervalued them.

Islamabad:

In one other jolt to Imran Khan forward of basic elections, Pakistan’s anti-corruption court docket on Tuesday indicted the jailed former prime minister and his spouse within the Toshakhana graft case filed towards them by the anti-corruption watchdog.

Decide Muhammad Bashir of the Islamabad-based Accountability Court docket performed the listening to within the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi the place Mr Khan has been incarcerated. The case was filed by the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Mr Khan and Bushra Bibi have been current when the costs have been learn. They pleaded not responsible.

A day earlier, the court docket deferred the indictment as a result of Mr Khan’s spouse failed to seem earlier than the court docket.

In response to the case, the 71-year-old former prime minister and his spouse acquired 108 presents from numerous heads of state, of which they stored 58. These have been additionally undervalued by them whereas paying a compulsory worth to the state.

The presents included a jewelry set given by the Saudi Crown Prince, which the couple retained at a low worth as an alternative of depositing it within the Toshakhana.

Underneath the principles governing the Toshakhana – a Persian phrase that means “treasure home” – authorities officers can hold presents by paying a worth for them, however the reward must be deposited first. Within the case of the previous First Couple, they both didn’t deposit the reward or obtained it for a low worth by allegedly utilizing their authority.

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This case is totally different from one other Toshakhana litigation wherein Mr Khan was disqualified by the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) and later convicted on its petition for hiding the proceeds from the sale of the state presents. Mr Khan was disqualified by the ECP and the Islamabad Excessive Court docket on December 6 rejected his pleas towards disqualification.

The identical accountability court docket additionally performed the listening to within the Al-Qadir Belief case involving the alleged corruption of about 60 billion Pakistani Rupees. The previous first couple is accused within the case and the court docket was set to indict them however it was postponed as Bushra Bibi had not been supplied with a replica of the case, which was handed over to her immediately on the orders of the court docket.

Individually, the court docket rejected the bail petition of Mr Khan within the Al-Qadir Belief case. Nonetheless, his spouse already secured a pre-arrest bail within the case.

The case is about allegations that Mr Khan didn’t deposit Pound 190 million given by the British authorities. He as an alternative allowed a property tycoon to make use of it to partially alter the mentioned quantity towards the 460-billion Pakistani Rupee high quality imposed on him by the Supreme Court docket.

There are additional allegations that the tycoon offered greater than 56 acres of land to arrange Al-Qadir College, which was established beneath the Al-Qadir Belief. Each Mr Khan and BushraBibi are trustees.

Property developer Malik Riaz Hussain, his son Ali Riaz, two former aides of Mr Khan together with leaders Shehzad Akbar and Zulfiqar Bukhari, Bushra Bibi’s pal Farah Gogi and lawyer Zia Mustafa are additionally co-accused within the case.

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The accountability court docket declared them absconders for not showing in court docket and ordered the freezing of all property and financial institution accounts. The court docket additionally ordered authorities to grab all automobiles registered within the title of the accused and likewise issued everlasting arrest warrants towards them.

(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)

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