One of the most important cases against the PTI chairman at the moment is the case of 190 million pounds, in which he is accused of not returning the illegal money seized in the UK from Pakistan’s most prominent property tycoon during his tenure to the Pakistani government. He is charged with producing the amount to the tycoon so that it could be paid in the head of the fine imposed by the Supreme Court on the tycoon.
In return for his favour, Khan acquired 460 kanals of land in Punjab from the same business tycoon and created the Abdul Qadir Trust to build a university on that land.
At present, this case is progressing rapidly in NAB. The PTI chairman is accused of misusing his public position for personal gain, but he has now come out with a new defence in public regarding this case which is misleading and utterly opposite to the facts.
The PTI chairman tweeted on July 26 that the British National Crime Agency’s settlement of 190 million pounds with the business tycoon included Hyde Park, a British property worth about 50 million pounds. The property was owned by Hasan Nawaz, son of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and was bought by the business tycoon in 2016 at double the price.
Imran Khan further wrote in his tweet that in 2020, NAB itself investigated the transaction between NCA and a business tycoon and the inquiry was closed.
Therefore, the case of Al-Qadir was opened to exact revenge on me, although there was no basis for it. The sale of the property at a double price to the business tycoon likely hints at kickbacks from the Sharif family as the property was sold when significant revelations in the Panama Papers came out. At the same time, Khan said Nawaz Sharif was the prime minister.
Now, not only is Imran Khan accused in the case of Al-Qadir Trust and 190 million pounds, but Shahzad Akbar, the former head of the Asset Recovery Unit, is also accused. After Khan’s tweet, he also tweeted some NAB documents in his defence. He wrote that the NCA 190 million pounds case scam had proved a hoax as NAB was aware that in 2020, the money under this agreement was to go to the Supreme Court’s account and the whole mess was created to sell 1 Hyde Park at the double price. NAB formally closed this case in 2020. He wrote and asked if NAB had recovered 80 million pounds from Hassan Nawaz.
