Pak's anti-corruption court issues arrest warrants against Imran Khan in 2 cases

An anticorruption court in Pakistan on Monday issued arrest warrants against former premier Imran Khan in two cases linked with the AlQadir Trust and the Toshakhana gifts caseIslamabadbased accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir issued the warrants at the request of the National Accountability Court NAB the anticorruption watchdogThe AliQadir Trust case is about the settlement of 190 million pounds about Rs 50 billion which the UKs National Crime Agency sent to Pakistan after recovering the amount from a Pakistani property tycoonKhan being the prime minister then instead of depositing in the national kitty allowed the businessman to use the amount to partly settle a fine of about Rs450 billion imposed by the Supreme Court some years agoReportedly the tycoon in return gifted about 57 acres of land to a trust set up by Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to establish the AlQadir University in Sohawa area of Jhelum district of PunjabThe court also issued Khans arrest warrant in the Toshakhana gifts which is a different case from the one he was convicted in August and arrested but later granted bail That case was filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan for hiding the proceeds of sale from the gifts he got from the ToshakhanaThe latest arrest warrant was issued in the case filed by the NAB which approached the court to issue arrest warrants against Khan because he was needed to complete investigation in the two casesThe court accepted the plea and directed the superintendent of Adiala jail Rawalpindi where Khan is currently lodged in connection with the cipher case to ensure complianceSeparately Khans wife Bushra Bibi appeared before NAB in Islamabad in connection with the AlQadir Trust case probe After questioning her the watchdog gave her a questionnaire containing 11 questionsKhan was for the first time arrested on May 9 in the AlQadir Trust case and his supporters in retaliation resorted to violence He was released on May 11 on the orders of the Supreme Court but later arrested after conviction in the Toshakhana caseHe was later given twoweek bail by the Islamabad High Court in the AlQadir Trust caseSeparately Dunya News reported that the caretaker government on Monday placed the name of Bushra Bibi on the nofly listThe government took the decision on the recommendation of the NAB in the AlQadir Trust caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever