Imran Khan again summoned in National Crime Agency £190m Scandal

RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has once again summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in National Crime Agency £190m Scandal, also known as the Al-Qadir Trust Case, ARY News reported on Friday.

Sources told ARY News that the accountability bureau has summoned the former prime minister on May 23 at 10:00 am in Rawalpindi office.

Meanwhile, a NAB team visited PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Zaman Park Lahore and served a summon notice to the former premier in the Al-Qadir Trust Case.

Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned Imran Khan on May 18 in a ‘personal capacity’ in the Al-Qadir Trust case, which title has been changed to ‘National Crime Agency £190m Scandal’.

Sources claimed that the NAB instructed the former prime minister to bring the documents related to the case.

Imran Khan reacts to NAB call-up notice

Earlier on Thursday, Imran Khan responded to a call-up notice of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the National Crime Agency £190m scandal.

Terming the transformation of inquiry into an investigation in contradiction with the NAB law, the former premier requested NAB to send him an inquiry report.

“I’m currently in Lahore to secure bails in various cases on the orders of IHC till May 22, therefore cannot appear before NAB in person,” Khan said in his reply.

The PTI chief said the NAB call-up notice is ‘illegal’ and as per the record no “corrupt practices” were unearthed. The motive behind turning inquiry into the investigation is to politically victim me, Khan alleged.

Al-Qadir Trust case

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had launched an investigation against Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi and others for the alleged gain of hundreds of canals of land in the name of Al Qadir University Trust, which reportedly caused a loss of 190 million pounds to the national exchequer.

As per the charges, the Khan and others accused allegedly adjusted Rs50 billion — 190 million pounds at the time — sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government.

Former PM Imran Khan had registered Trust for Al-Qadir University Project on Dec 26, 2019.