More witnesses to testify in £190m corruption case today
Pakistan
NAB prosecutor to continue arguments in £190m case at IHC today
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - More witnesses will testify in the £190m corruption reference (Al-Qadir Trust) case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder today.
The hearing will be held in Adiala Jail and accountability court judge Nasir Javed Rana will conduct hearing. The PTI founder and her wife Bushra Bibi will be presented in court.
Overall 27 witnesses have testified in court so far in the case. Cross-questioning of 18 witnesses has been done. However, more witnesses will testy in the case.
Counsel for the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi will hold cross-questioning of the witnesses. NAB prosecutors Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi and Amjad Pervaiz will appear before the judge with his team whereas the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi's counsel Usman Gull and Zaheer Abbas Chaudhry will appear in court.
Separately, in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor will continue his arguments in the PTI founder’s bail petition in the 190 million pounds case.
A division bench of IHC, comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri, will conduct hearing of the plea.
Previously, Prosecutor Amjad Pervaiz argued that an Asset Recovery Unit was established which would directly report to the prime minister and its office was also in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.
He added that a letter was written by the ARU to the National Crime Agency regarding property tycoon’s money laundering cases.
The IHC chief justice said the formation of the unit had been seen in the case of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The NAB prosecutor said property tycoon bought One Hyde Park property in UK from Hassan Nawaz.
