An accountability court in Rawalpindi has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, in connection with the GBP 190 million corruption case involving Al-Qadir University Trust, ARY. . News reported.
The court headed by Justice Nasir Javed Rana issued the arrest warrant following an ongoing investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving the former prime minister and his family.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was also produced in the court in connection with the case. Despite the fresh arrest warrant, both Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were earlier granted bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in connection with a National Crime Agency (NCA) settlement reference related to GBP 190 million.
A two-member bench of the IHC headed by Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri had reserved its verdict after hearing the case. In a brief order, the court had directed authorities to release Imran Khan on a bail bond of PKR 1 million, ARY News reported.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, Bushra Bibi released a video message urging PTI supporters to participate in the party’s planned protest on November 24. He referred to the protest as a “final do or die” call, urging party workers to rally against the government.
She claimed that negative publicity against her family began after her visit to Medina, Saudi Arabia, following which there were calls for character assassination and accusations against her husband Imran Khan of being a “Jewish agent”.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had launched an investigation into alleged profiteering of hundreds of acres of land under the Al-Qadir University Trust, with claims that it caused a loss of GBP 190 million to the national exchequer.
According to the charges, Imran Khan and other accused in the case allegedly misallocated PKR 50 billion (equivalent to GBP 190 million at the time), which was investigated by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), ARY News reported. Was sent to Pakistani government.
In response, NAB filed a corruption case against Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and six other persons related to the Al-Qadir University project, which was registered on December 26, 2019.
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