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An Islamabad accountability court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case involving former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Monday, January 13.
Imran and Bushra were formally charged in the case on February 27, shortly after the general elections.
The case alleges that the couple received billions of rupees and land spanning hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town Ltd in exchange for legalizing Rs50 billion, which had been identified and returned to Pakistan by the United Kingdom during the previous PTI administration.
The verdict has already been delayed twice, with Khan condemning the postponements, calling them a tactic to apply pressure.
The case
In December 2023, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a corruption reference against Imran, his wife, and seven others, including property magnates Malik Riaz Hussain and his son Ahmed Ali Riaz, former officials Mirza Shehzad Akbar and Zulfi Bukhari, and others connected to the Al-Qadir University Trust.
The NAB’s reference claimed that Imran, currently in jail, played a key role in the illegal transfer of state funds into an account linked to land payments to Bahria Town, Karachi.
The reference also accused the defendants of deliberately withholding information, despite multiple requests for transparency. Malik Riaz and his associates absconded, and were declared proclaimed offenders (PO). NAB has urged the court to try and punish the eight suspects in accordance with the law.
