Last Updated: November 13, 2023, 20:54 IST
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan along with his spouse Bushra Bibi in Lahore. (AFP File)
Pakistan: Bushra Bibi’s title has been added to the ‘Exit Control List’ – the federal government’s record of those that are prohibited from leaving the nation – amid talks of her imminent arrest. Bibi appeared earlier than the NAB for questioning in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case on Monday
In a significant jolt to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his occasion, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), forward of February 2024 elections, his spouse Bushra Bibi’s title has been added to the ‘Exit Control List’ – the federal government’s record of those that are prohibited from leaving the nation – amid talks of her imminent arrest. The title has been added on the premise of a proper request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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Bibi appeared earlier than the NAB for questioning in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case on Monday. She was questioned concerning the purpose behind the formation of the belief and the way her shut pal Farhat Shehzadi alias Farhat Gogi was linked to the case, stated native sources.
According to sources, NAB is in possession of some vital proof towards her, which, if proved, will result in her arrest.
CNN-News18 had earlier report on how Bibi’s arrest is probably going as a result of proof, in keeping with sources, which can change her standing from witness to accused.
The Al-Qadir Trust corruption case pertains to allegations that PTI chief Khan and Bibi, a non secular healer from a deeply conservative household, obtained billions of rupees and land value tons of of kanals from an actual property agency for legalising PKR 50 billion that was recognized and returned to the nation by the UK in the course of the earlier PTI authorities.
It is alleged that proceeds of wrongdoing have been transferred to her prolonged household and that she stashed 14 billion rupees in greater than 100 accounts throughout Pakistan and Middle East banks.
Sources advised News18 that the NAB is prone to conclude its probe quickly and can file reference cost sheet in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case case.
It is likely one of the two circumstances Imran Khan is embroiled in, the opposite being the Toshakhana case.
Khan is dealing with scores of authorized circumstances on myriad expenses, together with revealing state secrets and techniques, incitement to violence and terrorism. The expenses have been levelled below the federal government of Khan’s successor and prime rival, former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, who made means for caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on August 14, 2023.
With Agency Inputs
