Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, who is already in jail on corruption and national security charges, was indicted on Tuesday on charges that he and his wife Bushra Bibi accepted land parcels as bribes during Khan’s government.
Mr Khan’s latest indictment involves a non-governmental organization (NGO) called an NGO. Al Qadir University Trust It was founded by Khan and his wife in 2018, when he became prime minister.
The trust was to fund an Islamic school near Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.The school is named It was ruled by the Khan’s third wife Bushra Bibi (also known as Bushra Wat and Bushra Maneka), named after the 11th century Sufi leader. cultivated Image of a Sufi mystic and faith healer. Mr. Khan frequently promoted the Al Qadir University Trust at public events and praised the efforts of his own spiritual leader and mentor, Mr. Bibi.
prosecutor claim The university trust, which lists only Khan and Bibi as trustees, is actually a scam designed to get billionaire real estate developer Malik Riaz Hussain to give him large tracts of valuable land as bribes. It is said that
The trust currently owns 60 acres of land in Punjab province worth about $25 million, as well as another property near Khan’s residence in Islamabad. The university itself likely remains under construction, accumulating large amounts of “operating costs” that do not appear to be properly documented.
Prosecutors said the gift of land to Mr. Hussain in return included Mr. Khan using funds from the Pakistani state treasury to repay a $244 million fine imposed on him by the British government. Hussein is civil settlement Worked with the UK government to complete a corruption investigation in 2019.
Khan has called himself an anti-corruption campaigner and continues to do so. One of his campaign promises was to recover the economic damage caused by the corruption scandal and return the money to the national treasury.
since he was discharged Khan, who stepped down in April 2022 following a no-confidence vote in parliament, has amassed more than 100 active investigations into his activities as prime minister, many of them related to corruption. He and his PTI party dismiss all of this as politically motivated smears concocted by Pakistan’s political and military establishment to bar him from public office.
The Al-Qadir University Trust case was the reason why paramilitary forces stormed a court in Islamabad. arrest khan Khan had appeared in court on other charges in May 2023. This violent operation resulted in numerous injuries and greatly distressed the Supreme Court of Pakistan. declared The arrest was deemed unlawful and he was ordered released two days later.
Two days have passed since then, during which Mr. Khan’s supporters rioted in cities across Pakistan, leaving at least eight people dead in clashes with police.khan and his party Claim The death toll was much higher, but the government conspired to keep the true death toll secret.The insurgents damaged military property and alienated the powerful military establishment, setting off a chain of events that effectively ended with the PTI banned from voting In the February 2024 election.
PTI has done very well anyway by fielding candidates as independents. amazing strengthen Pakistan’s political system, scramble The ruling PMLN sought to form a coalition government before the PTI came to power.
khan and vivi Appeared He appeared in an Islamabad court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty in the Al Qadir Trust case.he already waiter 14 years in prison for another corruption conviction for improperly storing gifts from foreign leaders and selling some of them for cash, plus 10 years for endangering national security by revealing classified documents . Mr. Khan is being held in Adiala prison near Islamabad, while Mr. Bibi is under house arrest.
Khan has been charged with an additional charge of inciting violence in the riot that followed his arrest, and is currently facing more than 170 charges.He and Vivi picked up another one. 7 years imprisonment Earlier this month, Bibi’s ex-husband, Khawar Maneka, accused her of failing to abide by the three-month waiting period required by Islamic law for marriage after divorcing Khan in late 2017.
