Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Imran Khan sent to 14-day judicial remand in corruption case
The Hindu
Court sends Imran Khan on 14-day judicial remand in corruption case. Judge Bashir rejected NAB's request for extending Khan's physical remand. Khan's wife Bushra Bibi, sisters Aleema Khanum and Noreen Khanum present at hearing. Khan being investigated for allowing businessman to use 190M pounds to settle fine imposed by Supreme Court. NAB says Khan received material and monetary benefits in return. Khan in jail since Aug 5, shifted to Adiala jail in Sept. Over 150 cases registered against him since ouster from power.
A Pakistani accountability court on November 27 sent Imran Khan on a 14-day judicial remand in a corruption case, rejecting the request of the country's anti-graft body for extending the jailed former Prime Minister's physical remand.
Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Islamabad Accountability Court presided over the hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case held at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, where Mr. Khan is currently jailed, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
The 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief has been incarcerated in the high-security jail in Rawalpindi since September 26 in various cases.
Mr. Khan, the primary accused and his wife Bushra Bibi, 49, were present during the hearing held at the high-security jail. Khan's sisters, Aleema Khanum and Noreen Khanum, were also present during the hearing, the report said.
Judge Bashir rejected the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request for extending the former premier's physical remand in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
Instead, he sent the PTI chief on a 14-day judicial remand, according to the report.
On Sunday, the former cricketer-turned-politician was interrogated for over two hours in the Adiala jail by a NAB team in the case, a senior official of the apex anti-graft watchdog told the Dawn newspaper.
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