NAB Seeks Details from Punjab E&T Dept in Al Qadir Trust Case Investigation
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written to the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, seeking details related to the sale and purchase of vehicles in the name of 22 members of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet. The request is part of the ongoing investigation into the Al Qadir Trust case, also known as the illegal transfer of NCA’s £190m scandal.
Probe Against Subject Persons on Allegations of Corruption and Corrupt Practices
The anti-corruption watchdog has stated that its Rawalpindi office is “conducting an investigation against the subject of persons on the allegations of corruption and corrupt practices under the provisions of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999”. The bureau has requested the provincial excise department to provide the details/certified copies of any vehicles’ sale/purchase during the period of Jan 2018 till date in the name of the following persons by June 20, 2023:
- Asad Umar
- Shireen Mazari
- Pervez Khattak
- Fawad Chaudhry
- Hammad Azhar
- Azam Khan Swati
- Sheikh Rashid Ahmad
- Zaheeruddin Babar Awan
- Omar Ayub Khan
- Shafqat Mahmood
- Faisal Vawda
- Murad Saeed
- Ali Amin Khan Gandapur
- Syed Ali Haider Zaidi
- Khusro Bakhtiar
- Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
- Ghulam Sarwar Khan
- Zubaida Jalal
- Ijaz Ahmad Shah
- Muhammad Farogh Naseem
- Muhammad Soomro
- Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan
Al Qadir Trust Case Alleges Ex-PM and His Wife of Corruption
The Al Qadir Trust case alleges that former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi obtained billions of rupees and hundreds of kanal land from Bahria Town Ltd for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the previous PTI government.
Previous Developments in the Case
The case gained attention when PTI chief Imran Khan was taken into custody by paramilitary forces in the graft case on May 9. His arrest led to protests across the country, during which several public and private properties, including military installations, were vandalised. The Supreme Court declared his arrest “invalid and unlawful” on May 11 and directed him to appear before the IHC the next day. The IHC had granted him bail in the case for two weeks and later, an Islamabad accountability court had granted the former premier bail till June 19 against surety bonds worth Rs500,000. NAB has also summoned Bushra Bibi for investigation in the Al Qadir Trust case on June 7.
