RAWALPINDI:
There was an pleasure in anticipation of an accountability court docket’s verdict within the £190m case which was scheduled to be unveiled right now (Monday).
Nevertheless, the court docket has deferred the revealing and can announce a brand new date for it right now at its seat in Islamabad’s judicial advanced.
Former prime minister Imran Khan and his partner Bushra Bibi are among the many key accused within the reference filed by the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB) final yr.
On the final listening to of the case inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail the place Imran Khan has been detained for over one yr, Islamabad Accountability Courtroom-I Decide Nasir Javed Rana on December 18 reserved his order to be introduced on December 23 (right now).
Nevertheless, on Sunday, a day earlier than the scheduled listening to, the court docket workers knowledgeable attorneys of the accused by way of phone that the court docket will now convene in Islamabad on Monday to announce the subsequent date for issuance of the decision.
In December 2023, NAB filed a corruption reference towards Imran and 7 others, together with his spouse, in reference to the Al-Qadir College.
On the final listening to, Barrister Salman Safdar, counsel for the couple, argued that the case was certainly one of “political revenge”, including that the defence had been proved harmless in earlier circumstances.
He mentioned the case was one through which the matter concerned PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s son, Hassan Nawaz, as nicely and but the latter was not included in proceedings.
“The reference was made to focus on a particular couple. Earlier than turning into the prime minister, the PTI founder was often called a social employee, accumulating donations value billions of rupees,” he mentioned.