LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Saturday served warrants on PTI Chairman Imran Khan for his appearance before a court in the federal capital, while, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned the former premier and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on June 7 for the investigations of the £190 million settlement case related to the transfer of funds from Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) account.
The summons to appear in court on June 8 in the matter of threatening a female sessions judge were served at Mr. Khan’s Zaman Park apartment in Lahore.
Naeem Haider Panjutha, the attorney representing Mr. Khan, said that the court had issued bailable warrants for his client.
He said that the police had been ordered by the court to serve warrants at Mr. Khan’s Zaman Park home.
عمران خان پر درج خاتون جج دھمکی کیس جس میں عدالت کی طرف سے قابل ضمانت وارنٹ ہوۓ تھے.
جس پر معزز عدالت کی طرف سے حکم جاری ہوا تھا کہ پولیس وارنٹ کی تعمیل زمان پارک جا کر کرواۓ
اس وارنٹ کی صرف تعمیل کے لیے پولیس آج دن کو زمان پارک آئی تھی کہ عمران خان 8 جون کو عدالت میں پیش ہوں،
— Naeem Haider Panjutha (@NaeemPanjuthaa) June 3, 2023
“The police had arrived at Zaman Park earlier in the day to serve warrants for Mr Khan’s appearance before the court on June 8,” Mr Panjutha said in a tweet on Saturday.
Meanwhile, NAB Rawalpindi has summoned the former first lady to record her statement as a witness for being the trustee of the Al-Qadir University Trust, while the former prime minister has been called by the combined investigation team (CIT) of the anti-graft watchdog.
The sources said that the CIT was not satisfied with the PTI chief’s reply which he submitted during his last appearance before NAB, Rawalpindi, on May 23. They said that the former premier had been directed to answer the questionnaire on June 7, given to him on May 23.
The law binds NAB, which is an autonomous anti-corruption body, to inform — whoever it is summoning — whether they are being summoned as an accused or a witness to record the statement.
The case was registered in August last year after the PTI chairman had lashed out at Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry who had approved PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s physical remand in a sedition case.
The Islamabad High Court also initiated contempt proceedings against Mr Khan who subsequently apologised to the judge.
