Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by Pakistan Rangers in Islamabad after the former had successfully evaded his arrest several times.
The former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was arrested from Islamabad High Court premises in connection with Al-Qadir Trust Case.
All you need to know about Al-Qadir Trust case:
There are charges that Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi embezzled billions of Pakistani rupees and their close aides Zulfiqar Bukhari and Babar Awan from a real estate firm for legalising a laundered amount of PKR 50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the term of the PTI government. They are accused of receiving billions of rupees from a real estate firm called Bahria Town for legalising a laundered amount of PKR 50 billion.
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Pakistan authorities maintained that Imran Khan was arrested by officials of the National Accountability Bureau specifically in the Al-Qadir Trust case, adding that there were “dozens” of other cases with corruption inquiries in progress against the former PM.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is an autonomous and constitutionally established federal institution responsible to build efforts against corruption and prepare critical national economic intelligence assessments against economic terrorism for the Government of Pakistan.
Khan and the others accused allegedly adjusted PKR 50 billion sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency to the government.
They are also accused of getting undue benefit in the form of over 458 kanals of land at Mouza Bakrala, Sohawa, to establish Al Qadir University.
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The charges include corruption and corrupt practices.
The case involves the formation of the Al-Qadir Project Trust, which aimed to set up the Al-Qadir University to impart quality education in the Sohawa Tehsil of Punjab's Jhelum district.
The current status of the case is unclear.
