LAHORE MIRROR — An accountability court in Islamabad granted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan bail in the infamous £190 million settlement case till June 19 (20 days).
The PTI chairman had approached the accountability court after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had directed him to seek bail in the settlement case from an accountability court.
The high court also granted the former prime minister bail in a separate case pertaining to the violation of Section 144 for 10 days.
The deposed premier, who had been ousted via a vote of no-confidence last year in April, had appeared before the high court amid strict security, to seek an interim bail in the graft case.
Earlier, he accompanied his wife Bushra Bibi to an accountability court present inside the federal judicial complex, for an extension of her bail in the €190 million settlement case. The court disposed of the former first lady’s plea and allowed her to leave.
چیئرمین عمران خان اسلام آباد میں تین عدالتوں میں پیشی کے بعد واپس لاہور کے لئے روانہ pic.twitter.com/kC8mYBqN24
— PTI (@PTIofficial) May 31, 2023
Khan, along with his wife and other PTI leaders, is facing a NAB inquiry related to a settlement between the PTI government and a property tycoon, which reportedly caused a loss of 190 million pounds to the national exchequer.
Accountability court
At the outset of the hearing, the accountability court judge asked Khan’s counsel about IHC’s ruling.
The lawyer said the high court had granted his client three days to approach the accountability court to seek bail.
At this, the judge asked the lawyer whether he had filed the bail plea today.
The lawyer said as he had already prepared Khan’s bail plea, he decided to submit it today. “We also have to come back here on June 17.”
After hearing the arguments, the judge granted bail to the PTI chief till June 19 against surety bonds worth Rs500,000.
SOURCE: GEO NEWS
