ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Monday deferred the announcement of its reserved verdict on the Al-Qadir Trust case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi till January 6.
The Accountability Court judge, Nasir Javed Rana, on December 18, reserved its verdict on the Al-Qadir Trust case, following the prosecution and defence completed their final arguments and fixed December 23 for the announcement of the judgment.
Judge Rana, while hearing the case at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC), instead of Adiala Jail did not announce the judgment and fixed January 6 for the announcement of its reserved judgement.
At the start of the hearing, PTI lawyer Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry told the court that we expect that the judgement will be announced today.
To this, the judge remarked that the judgment will not be announced today as winter vacations are going to start as well as there is a course in high court. A new date will be fixed for the announcement of the verdict after some time, he said.
Later, the court staff informed the PTI’s lawyer that the judgment will be announced on January 6.
The same court on February 27 had indicted Khan and his wife in the same case.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), on December 1, 2023, had filed Al-Qadir Trust case reference against Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and six others in the Accountability Court.
The bureau had nominated Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, trustee of Al Qadir Trust; Farhat Shehzadi alias Farah Gogi; Shehzad Akbar, former special assistant to the prime minister on accountability and former chairman of Asset Recovery Unit (ARU); Malik Riaz Hussain, chief executive officer (CEO) of Bahria Town Private Limited, Zia ul Mustafa Nasim, former expert on international criminal law ARU, Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari, former trustee of Al Qadir Trust, and Ahmed Ali Riaz.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2024
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