RAWALPINDI: An accountability court here on Saturday declared property tycoon Malik Riaz, former prime minister Imran Khan’s accountability czar Shahzad Akbar, his special aide Zulfi Bukhari and three others as proclaimed offender in the 190 million pound Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
On Dec 6, accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir had issued notices to the accused to appear in court however they failed to show up in the court today.
Earlier, non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Malik Riaz, his son Ali Riaz, former prime minister Imran Khan’s special assistants Zulfi Bukhari and Shehzad Akbar and others were issued by the accountability court on Dec 4.
The reference in the court was filed by National Accountability Bureau in the 190 million pound Al-Qadir Trust corruption case in November.
NAB Rawalpindi has also nominated Imran’s wife Bushra Bibi, her friend Farah Gogi and Barrister Zia Mustafa in the corruption case. The next hearing of teh case will be held in Asiala jail on Dec 6.
NAB formally has arrested Imran Khan in Adiala jail last month and the federal government has allowed his trial inside the jail along with the cipher case.
NAB has alleged that PTI government struck a deal with property tycoon Riaz that caused a loss of $239m to the national exchequer. Imran and Bushra Bibi allegedly received billions of rupees and a large swath of land from Bahria Town after legalising Rs50 billion that was returned by the UK during the previous PTI government.
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