£190m NCA case chargesheet says Imran, Bushra benefitted from deal

ISLAMABAD: The chargesheet in £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case against PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi has come to surface, detailing the benefits they got.

It revealed that in April 2019, Al-Qadir University did not exist. In Britain, the National Crime Agency traced the £190 million scam. Before the money was transferred to Pakistan, the head of East Recovery Unit Shahzad Akbar made a secret agreement with a business tycoon.

The chargesheet says Shahzad Akbar signed the National Crime Agency (NCA) confidentiality deed on December 6, 2019 while the then prime minister Imran Khan approved the Al-Qadir Trust in the cabinet.

The charge sheet further said Bushra Bibi helped Imran Khan by signing documents as trustee on March 24, 2021.

The report says a meeting between the tycoon and former prime minister Imran Khan, along with the former accountability adviser Shahzad Akbar, took place before the settlement of 190 million pounds.

As per the PM House record, the meeting took place on July 11, 2019.

It is pertinent to mention that PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were indicted in the £190 million graft case during a hearing held by the Islamabad’s accountability court in Adiala Jail on Tuesday.

The court has now sought five witnesses in the next hearing. Accountability court judge Nasir Javed Rana held the hearing and announced the verdict.

Both the accused refused the charges levelled against them by the prosecution. However, two applications submitted by Imran Khan have been approved.

The PTI founder had sought permission to have a checkup by a dentist as well as a general physician of his choice.

The hearing was adjourned till March 6.

The record of correspondence with the UK’s National Crime Agency, held by the Asset Recovery Unit of the previous government, has disappeared.