Decision on £190 million reference against Imran and Bushra Bibi postponed once again

  January 05, 2025

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Rawalpindi: The verdict in the 190 million pound reference against former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi has been delayed once again.

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Will the founder of PTI and Bushra Bibi be punished in the 190 million pound reference or not? Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana was scheduled to deliver the verdict tomorrow.

The court reserved its decision on the 190 million pound reference on December 18. Earlier, the date for the verdict in the case was set for December 23, but the court postponed the date for the verdict to January 6.

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However, sources say that the decision on the 190 million pound reference has been postponed once again. The decision on the 190 million pound reference will not be announced tomorrow. The lawyers will be informed about the new date of the decision tomorrow.

When did what happen in the case?

• The prison trial of the 190 million pound reference has been completed in a year.
• This is the only case against PTI founder Imran Khan whose trial lasted for a year.
• NAB arrests PTI founder in £190 million reference on November 13, 2023
• NAB interrogated PTI founder in Adiala Jail for 17 days
• On December 1, 2023, NAB filed a 190 million pound reference in the Accountability Court.
• PTI founder and Bushra Bibi were interrogated in Adiala Jail after the reference was filed.
• The court indicted the founder of PTI and Bushra Bibi on February 27, 2024.
• More than 100 hearings held in £190 million reference
• NAB submits list of first 59 witnesses to court
• NAB drops 24 out of 59 witnesses
• A total of 35 witnesses testified in the reference.
• The defense lawyers completed the cross-examination of all 35 witnesses.
• PTI founder's lawyers complete cross-examination of reference investigation officer Mian Umar Nadeem after 38 hearings
• Former Principal Secretary Azam Khan, former Chief Minister KP Pervez Khattak join witnesses in the reference
• Former federal minister Zubaida Jalal, chief financial officer of Al-Qadir University, was also among the witnesses.
• The court declared six accused, including Zulfi Bukhari, Farhat Shahzadi, Mirza Shahzad Akbar and Zia-ul-Mustafa Naseem, as proclaimed offenders.
• The decision was made to freeze the properties and bank accounts of the declared suspects.
• The Islamabad High Court granted bail to the PTI founder in the 190 million pound reference.
• Bushra Bibi's pre-arrest bail was granted by the trial court.
• During the trial, the PTI founder submitted a list of 16 court witnesses to the court.
• The court rejected the PTI founder's request to call court witnesses.
• The PTI founder had requested the court to present witnesses in his favor.
• Later, the PTI founder backed away from presenting a witness statement.
• Judges changed 4 times in £190 million reference
• The reference was first heard by Judge Muhammad Bashir, then Judge Nasir Javed Rana heard the case, after which the reference came before Judge Muhammad Ali Warraich and then again before Judge Nasir Javed Rana.
• PTI founder expresses confidence in Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana twice
• NAB's 6-member prosecution team followed the case.
• The prosecution team included Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi, Amjad Pervez, Sohail Arif, Irfan Bhola and Chaudhry Nazar.
• Salman Safdar, Usman Riaz Gul, Zaheer Abbas Chaudhry continued to appear on behalf of the founding PTI.
• PTI founder Bushra Bibi is accused of making a secret deal with a property tycoon through Shahzad Akbar before transferring 190 million pounds to Pakistan.
• The PTI founder used his influence to get this secret agreement approved in the federal cabinet.
• Mirza Shahzad Akbar signed the National Crime Agency confidentiality deed on December 6, 2019.
• Bushra Bibi played a key role in the illegal activities of the founder PTI.
• Bushra Bibi helped founder PTI by signing documents of Al-Qadir University as a trustee on March 24, 2021.
• PTI founder facilitated £190 million illegally and dishonestly
• The Supreme Court account was used to declare 190 million pounds as government assets through a secret agreement.
• Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan acquired 240 kanals of land in Mohra Noor Islamabad through Farhat Shahzadi.
• PTI founder and Bushra Bibi found involved in corrupt practices
• PTI founder received illegal financial benefits from property tycoon during his tenure as Prime Minister
• PTI founder Zulfi Bukhari acquired 458 kanals of land for Al-Qadir University from a property tycoon
• Al-Qadir University did not exist in April 2019