The accountability court has issued a written order on the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) request for the remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the 190-million-pound Al-Qadir Trust scandal.
The bureau has been allowed to investigate the former prime minister for three days.
It has been said in the order that, according to the NAB, the PTI chief returned the money looted from Pakistan to the accused.
According to the bureau, the suspect returned the money and took land and money for Al-Qadir Trust. There was concrete evidence that Imran Khan committed corruption.
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The NAB requested for the physical remand of the suspect to complete the investigation. Imran claims he did not take any financial benefits. According to the suspect, if they had proved money laundering, it would have cost 100 million pounds.
The NAB officials can interrogate the PTI chief in jail for three days. Further hearing on his request for physical remand will be held on November 17.
On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry had issued a notification for conducting a jail trial of Imran Khan in the 190-million-pound case by the accountability court. A day before, the NAB had delivered in jail Imran Khan's arrest warrants issued in the case.
Meanwhile, the accountability court of Islamabad extended the interim bail of the former prime minister’s wife till November 17 in the Toshakhana and 190-million-pound Al-Qadir Trust cases.
The case was being heard against the former first lady by accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir.
When no lawyer appeared on behalf of Bushra Bibi, the judge asked where the suspect was. The National Accountability Bureau prosecutor said he was unaware, as Sardar Latif Khosa was the counsel in the case.
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