Rawalpindi (Web Desk): The decision regarding the £190 million case involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former premier Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, has been deferred once more.
The accountability court, having initially scheduled the ruling for Monday, announced that the verdict will now be delivered on 13 January, citing the unavailability of Judge Nasir Javed Rana.
The court's staff conveyed this update to PTI founder’s legal representative, Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry.
The hearing, which was originally planned to take place at Adiala Jail, was relocated to the NAB Court G-11 due to logistical constraints concerning the defendants' attendance.
Meanwhile, the hearings of 13 other cases, which include the investigation into the 9 May incidents and the GHQ attack, were also postponed until 8 January, following the absence of Judge Amjad Ali Shah, who was attending a training session. As a result, all defendants were granted exemptions from attendance for the adjourned date.
As per the allegations raised in the reference, Khan, in his capacity as prime minister, authorized the settlement of a sum amounting to £190 million (approximately Rs50 billion) transferred by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government of Pakistan.
This transaction, which was approved by the federal cabinet on December 32019, was purportedly kept confidential, with Khan failing to disclose the agreement's particulars.
The arrangement stipulated that the funds be placed in the custody of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Investigators from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) further claim that, in exchange for the settlement, Khan and his wife received land valued at several billion rupees, designated for the construction of an educational institution.
