Former prime minister Imran Khan has petitioned the Islamabad High Court to stop the proceedings regarding the £190 million reference and to overturn the August 12 ruling of the trial court.
Imran has further asked the court to provide documentation of the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) decision to end the £190 million case in April 2020.
He claims that during the NAB’s 343rd Executive Board meeting, the investigating officer said that permission to close the case had been granted.
However this Executive Board meeting’s record had already been turned down by the trial court. According to reports, the NAB Executive Board decided to dismiss the matter during a meeting in April 2020.
In his plea, Imran argues that not presenting the record of the NAB board meeting might have a detrimental effect on his defense and tries to reverse the accountability court’s August 12 ruling.
During cross-examination, the petitioner claimed that the investigating officer had admitted to some details of the NAB’s 343rd board meeting.
The NAB Chairman, NAB Director General, and NAB Prosecutor General are included as parties to the petition.
In a similar development, the Chief Justice’s comments about the £190 million case have prompted Imran’s sisters, Azma and Aleema Khan, to make a request to the Registrar Office.
They have asked the Chief Justice to exclude any commentary on the £190 million case from the wildlife case and to exclude himself from proceedings involving Imran Khan.
The sisters contend that the Chief Justice’s comments may have an impact on the trial’s processes and that the wildlife matter is unrelated to the £190 million lawsuit.
The former prime minister, along with a few others, including as his spouse Bushera Bibi, is accused of manipulating the £190 million that the British government’s NCA transferred to Pakistan.
