ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday in connection with the Al-Qadir Trusts’ land scam case.
کبھی کسی نے ان کو دشمن سے لڑتے دیکھا ہے ؟ نہیں دیکھا تو آج دیکھ لیں ۔۔ بڑے تمغے ملنے ہیں اس پر ۔۔
pic.twitter.com/OfGNsZQxH2— Imran Afzal Raja (@ImranARaja1) May 9, 2023
As per the details, the police team was assisted by Pakistan Rangers personnel, while PTI lawyer Faisal Chaudhry also confirmed the arrest.
PTI Vice President Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to accuse that the Islamabad High Court had been “occupied by the Rangers” and lawyers were “being subjected to torture.”
Former PM Imran Khan has been abducted from Court premises, scores of lawyers and general people have been tortured, Imran Khan has been whisked away by unknown people to an unknown location, CJ Islamabad HIgh Court has ordered Secy interior and IG police to appear within 15 min…
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 9, 2023
According to the documents, Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and their close aides, Zulfiqar Bukhari, and Babar Awan, formed the Al-Qadir University Project Trust to establish “Al-Qadir University” in Tehsil Sohawa of District Jhelum, Punjab.
The trust had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a private company involved in the real estate business, Bahria Town, to receive donations from the latter.
Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi, and Farah Khan were the trust’s three beneficiaries, and it is said that Malik Riaz assisted in the acquisition of 458 Kanal of land for the trust.
Bahria Town had allotted land measuring 458 Kanal, 4 Marla, and 58 square feet to the trust. The MoU, signed by Bushra Bibi, was effective in March 2019.
NAB has been investigating the alleged corruption in the Al-Qadir Trust case since 2018, and recently summoned Imran Khan on May 6 to appear before them on May 11.
However, Imran Khan failed to appear before the NAB, leading to his arrest.
NAB is just a🐶 dog after backbone of Pakistan.It will destruct Pakistan in such a way that it won’t be build up again.