LHC takes up Aleem Khan's bail plea on Wednesday
The petitioner said that he has declared his all assets and the companies in his income statements
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday fixed the bail petition of former Punjab minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Abdul Aleem Khan for hearing.
A two-member bench of the LHC headed by Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan will take up the case on Wednesday (tomorrow).
It is pertinent here to mention that former Punjab senior minister Aleem Khan’s counsel Adnan Shujaa Butt had filed bail petition in Lahore High Court (LHC).
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the PTI leader I case pertaining to his offshore companies and assets beyond known sources of income.
The petitioner said that he has declared his all assets and the companies in his income statements. Khan called all NAB charges including the misuse of authority as baseless.
The anti-graft agency has failed to prove any allegations against him, Aleem Khan said in his petition and pleaded to the court to order his release on bail.
Court extends judicial remand
On Monday, an accountability court had extended Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan’s judicial remand till April 2 in a case pertaining to his offshore companies and alleged possession of assets beyond his known sources of income.
As the hearing resumed, Khan’s defence counsel argued that a reference against his client had not been filed yet. To which the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) prosecutor responded that a final report against him was being compiled.
He was produced before the court as his judicial remand expired today. He was sent to jail on March 5 after the court dismissed NAB’s appeal to extend his physical remand in their custody.
He was arrested by the NAB in Lahore on February 6. He faces multiple inquiries, including one involving offshore company Hexam Investment Overseas Ltd, one for owning assets beyond his known sources of income, and inquiries into his involvement in the Park View Housing Society, River Age Housing Society, and Multan Road.
Subsequently, he resigned as Punjab’s local government minister.
During the last hearing of the case, the accountability court in Lahore had extended the judicial remand of Khan until March 18.
Offshore company case against Aleem Khan
It is to be mentioned here that NAB had initiated probe into Aleem Khan’s offshore company on order of Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal after he was named in Panama Leaks in April 2016 among 435 Pakistanis.
A thorough inquiry had been launched into shell entities situated in British Virgin Islands and the accountability bureau had sought details of persons concerned from Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had also been directed to comply with NAB’s requirements for the inquiry.
