Graft Case: Pak Court Grants 4 More Days To Interrogate Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan

A Pakistani accountability court on Friday has granted 4 more days to the anti-graft body to interrogate jailed former PM Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.

Khan (71) has been incarcerated in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since September 26 in various cases. Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir conducted the in-prison hearing in the high-security jail on Thursday.

Judge Bashir ordered the National Accountability Bureau to investigate the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chief inside the high-security jail and said he would not be shifted anywhere.

The report stated, the judge also directed the NAB investigation team and the prosecution to complete the investigation by the next date of hearing on November 27.

So far, the court has given 15 days to the anti-graft body to investigate the former premier in the Al-Qadir Trust graft case.

Last week, the accountability bureau was granted a 4-days permission to interrogate him in the case.

As per the report, the former-cricketer-turned-politician was present in the courtroom during the hearing, and his 3 sisters also attended the proceedings.

The Ali-Qadir Trust case is about the settlement of 190 million pounds, about Rs 50 billion, which the UK’s National Crime Agency sent to Pakistan after recovering the amount from a Pakistani property tycoon.

Khan, being the prime minister then, instead of depositing in the national treasury, allowed the businessman to use the amount to partly settle a fine of about Rs 450 billion imposed by the Supreme Court some years ago.

Reportedly, the tycoon, in return, gifted about 57 acres of land to a trust set up by Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to establish the Al-Qadir University in the Sohawa area of the Jhelum district of Punjab.

Khan was ousted through a vote of no-confidence in April 2022. More than 150 cases have been registered against him since his ouster from power.