The National Accountability Bureau has summoned three former federal ministers of PTI in the Al-Qadir Trust case for investigation in the settlement of 190 million Pounds.
The Bureau’s Rawalpindi office has summoned former PTI ministers Fawad Chaudhry, Parvez Khattak, and Sheikh Rashid in this case.
Fawad Chaudhry was the Information Minister, Parvez Khattak held the portfolio of Defence Minister and Sheikh Rashid was the Interior Minister in the PTI government.
According to NAB, the Bureau had directed Sheikh Rashid to appear at 11 am today, Fawad Chaudhry was asked to appear at noon while Parvez Khattak will be probed afternoon on Tuesday.
The NAB has also summoned former minister Asad Umar on May 31 in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
According to Bureau, the probing team of NAB will record the statements of Imran Khan’s entire cabinet as witnesses in the case.
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi put on ECL
Meanwhile, on Monday the federal cabinet gave approval to the FIA to put on the Exit Control List the names of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi for their involvement in the alleged illegal transfer of 190 million pounds in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Earlier, Khan and his spouse’s names were included in the no-fly list of the Immigration Department of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
NAB probes Imran Khan in al-Qadir Trust case
Moreover, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) probed former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan in the 190 million Pounds settlement case.
Khan appeared in the NAB’s office in Rawalpindi amid strict security in June 2023 after getting bail in eight cases from the ATC in Islamabad.
NAB team probed the former Premier for more than an hour on Tuesday.
Answering some of the questions of the NAB team, Imran Khan said that the record of 190 million Pounds settlement was with the Cabinet Division. Khan also told NAB that the Bureau had already received a record of the case.
The Bureau also sought the record of freezing orders for £190 million.
Imran Khan reached the NAB Rawalpindi office along with his legal team consisting of Salman Safdar, Khawaja Haris, Intezar Panjotha, and others at the NAB office. Bushra Bibi, who also accompanied Imran Khan, stayed in the car outside the NAB office.
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