Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, approached Islamabad High Court (IHC) to challenge their conviction in the 190 million Pound corruption case, Dawn reported. Imran Khan and his wife requested the court to set aside their conviction and sentences by an accountability court and stressed that the verdict lacked credible evidence and suffered from procedural lapses.
On January 17, the court convicted Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in the 190 million pound Al-Qadir Trust case with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder being sentenced to 14 years in prison while a seven-year jail term has been handed over to his wife. The verdict, delayed three times previously, was announced by Judge Nasir Javed Rana in a makeshift courtroom at Adiala Jail. The appeals mentioned about UK Court of Appeal's judgement dated Nov 26, 2021 and added that the funds at the centre of the controversy were neither proceeds of crime nor related to any illegal activity.
They stated that the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) had agreed to 190 million pound settlement with property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain, specifying that the funds would be transferred to Pakistan Supreme Court's account as part of a legal framework, according to Dawn report. (ANI)
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