Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has to be presented in court on November 27 in the £190 million settlement case, per the detailed order issued by the accountability court on Friday.
Following the last hearing, the court, led by Judge Muhammad Bashir, issued a comprehensive five-page order, extending the physical remand of the former prime minister by four days. The move followed Deputy Prosecutor General NAB Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi’s request for an additional 10-day remand.
According to the order, advocate Ali Zafar responded to the NAB summons on November 23, appearing at its offices with the pertinent record, including an agreement signed on March 24, 2021. The anti-graft watchdog told the court that the investigation into the money transferred to the national treasury necessitated an extension in the remand.
The defence team objected to the extension and submitted two letters. One of them, dated November 6, 2019, pertained to Mashreq Bank, the court was informed, adding that the letter emphasized that Imran had no involvement in the fund transfers.
Contrary to NAB’s stance, the prosecution maintained that Imran played no role in transferring 240 kanals of land. His counsel underscored his contributions, mentioning the establishment of two cancer hospitals, with a third one currently under construction in Karachi.
NAB argued that the record presented by advocate Ali Zafar required to be investigated, following which the court approved the PTI chief’s four-day physical remand instead of the requested ten days. The court set November 27 as the next date for the PTI chief to be presented.