Aleem exempted from personal appearance till filing of NAB reference

LAHORE: An Accountability Court on Monday exempted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Abdul Aleem Khan from personal appearance in the offshore companies and assets case till filing of the reference.

Accountability Court Judge Syed Jawadul Hassan conducted the proceedings wherein the National Accountability Board (NAB) prosecutor apprised the court that a letter had been written to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for record of Aleem Khan's offshore companies.

He submitted that the reference would be filed on receiving the record. The court was also apprised that Abdul Aleem Khan had gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah.

The court, allowing Aleem Khan's application, exempted him from personal appearance till filing of the reference.

It is pertinent to mention here that a Lahore High Court division bench granted bail to Aleem Khan in the case on May 15.

NAB had arrested the PTI leader on charges of acquiring assets beyond means on February 6, when he appeared before the NAB team at its regional headquarters in connection with the case. The bureau had alleged that Abdul Aleem Khan failed to satisfy the authorities about his offshore companies and assets.