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Meanwhile the criminal regime in cahoots with IHC has inducted 2 criminals onto to the court and off course they will be on IKs bench or at least one of them along with Farooq. This is badmashi and criminal but at this point it's a givenLawmakers bicker over verdict in Imran’s £190m case
The 14-year jail term awarded to former prime minister Imran Khan in a £190 million corruption case remained the main bone of contention in the Senate on Monday, as the government and the opposition argued over the merits of the corruption case.
PTI opposition leader Senator Shibli Faraz said the sentence was politically motivated, claiming the PTI founder was convicted for plans to establish a university to impart knowledge to the younger generation.
He said the decision was meant to keep Imran Khan out of the political arena, saying it would be challenged in superior courts.
The senator said the ill-gotten money returned by the United Kingdom landed in the Supreme Court account. “We did not get palaces for ourselves as some parties did,” he said, adding that a party got a palace built in Lahore for selling land worth trillions of rupees at throwaway rates.
Accusing the government of registering fake cases against its political opponents, the senator said he was sure somebody from the other side of the aisle would say the PTI used to do the same.
However, the fact was that the two major parties, part of the ruling coalition, had instituted cases against each other for ‘blackmailing’, he alleged.
Senator Faraz said Imran Khan did not gain benefit out of the amount received from the United Kingdom. About Al Qadir Trust, he said trustees do not get a financial gain from such ventures. He said the university had been established in the public interest keeping in view the “Islamic spirit”.
“If you start punishing people for good works, who will engage in welfare and charity activities,” he asked. He invited the government to compete with the PTI in the political arena. “You will enjoy it if you come to power on the basis of a genuine mandate,” he quipped.
He also raised the issue of the non-implementation of the production order for PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhary, terming it an insult to the parliament. The opposition lawmakers also staged a token walkout from the house over the issue.
Responding to the PTI, PML-N parliamentary leader Senator Irfan Siddiqui said there were over 20,000 registered religious seminaries across the country and none of these had been shut.
He questioned why someone would gift 500 kanal of land for the so-called trust if no favours had been doled out to them. He claimed 240 kanal in Banigala had been given to Farhat Shahzadi, alias Farah Gogi, a close friend of former first lady Bushra Bibi.
The PML-N senator said Al Qadir Trust was not a registered entity, adding that two of the four trustees had already been removed and the entire land of the Al Qadir University was now under the alleged ownership of Imran Khan and his spouse.
He claimed that Al Qadir University did not have the legal status of a university; rather, it was a graduate college.
The house also passed five bills, including the Members of Parliament Salaries And Allowances (Amendment) Bill and the National Assembly Secretariat Employees (Amendment) Bill moved by Senator Danesh Kumar. Three other bills that had been passed were moved by Senator Mohsin Aziz.
These included the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, the Islamabad Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, and the Factories (Amendment) Bill.
NA derailed
Separately, the PTI disrupted the proceedings in the National Assembly by pointing out a lack of quorum, which forced Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to adjourn the session till Tuesday (today) without taking up any agenda item.
As soon as the speaker announced the Question Hour, the PTI members started sloganeering and resorted to desk-thumping, which made it difficult for the treasury members to carry out the agenda.
The speaker asked the treasury members to use headphones to avoid distraction. However, the PTI members staged a walkout leaving behind Dir MNA Mehboob Shah to point out the quorum.
After declaring the house not in order following a headcount, the speaker first suspended the proceedings till the completion of the quorum and later announced the adjournment.
The government has been unable to complete its agenda items since the beginning of the session on January 6 because of the PTI’s noisy protests and the failure of the treasury members to maintain quorum for which 84 members, one-fourth of the 336-member house, are required.
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NAB would be better off investigating why NSs son sold his price to MR for double price. The case against IK lasted all of 10 min when it was revealed the judgement copied parts of a UK judgement but stopped where IK was totally exonerated. Now these criminals are packing the IHC with judges that are under strict orders to keep IK in prisonNAB cautions against investing in Bahria Town’s Dubai project; govt to reach out to UAE for Malik Riaz’s extradition
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cautioned the public on Tuesday on investing in Bahria Town’s new real estate project in Dubai, adding that the government was reaching out to the United Arab Emirates to seek property tycoon Malik Riaz’s extradition through legal avenues.
The development comes on the heels of PTI founder Imran Khan and his spouse’s conviction in the Al-Qadir Trust case, in which Riaz and his son are also co-accused and proclaimed offenders. As PTI and legal experts pointed to the need for accountability for all those involved, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar had said that consultation was ongoing on how to bring the other absconders back.
In a press release issued today carried by state-owned media outlet Radio Pakistan, NAB said: “Mr Malik Riaz is residing in Dubai, UAE. He has recently launched a project for the construction of luxury apartments in Dubai, UAE. The general public at large is hereby advised and warned to refrain from investing in the stated project. If the general public at large invests in the stated project, their actions would tantamount to money laundering, for which they may face criminal/ legal proceedings.
“The government of Pakistan is reaching out to the government of UAE for the extradition of Malik Riaz through legal channels.”
NAB recounted that he was currently an absconder in the Al-Qadir Trust case and wanted by the court with the watchdog already having frozen innumerable assets of his and Bahria Town.
The watchdog said it was conducting inquiries and investigations against the Bahria Town owner and his associates for “fraud, deceptive practices and cheating public at large”.
It said it had “cogent and credible information about the fact that Mr Malik Riaz and his accomplices have not only illegally possessed/occupied state-owned land but also land belonging to private persons situated at Karachi, Takht-Pari, Rawalpindi and New Murree.
“He is using these lands for developing housing societies without obtaining mandatory/required regulatory permissions/no objection certificates and has committed fraud against the state and general public at large to the tune of billions of rupees.”
NAB alleged that the property tycoon was developing housing societies under the name of Bahria Town “in a duplicitous manner” in other cities, including Peshawar and Jamshoro, by “illegally possessing/occupying land” and failing to procure the same mandatory regulatory permissions and legal documents.
It added that he continued to “defraud the general public at large by selling them plots/files in these illegal housing societies” despite neither he nor Bahria Town having a “good/clear title” to any of the lands in “these illegal housing societies”.
Last year in May, the property tycoon had complained in an uncharacteristic cryptic post that he was facing “pressure” to take a political side and was facing financial losses, but vowed not to be used as a “pawn for political motives”.
He has many past cases alleging the use of land acquisition tactics for his real estate projects. He and his firm have also been at the centre of multiple court cases; most recently being ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the amount the real estate developer owed to the Sindh government for the acquisition of land for Bahria Town Karachi.
The property tycoon — who is considered well-connected with political parties, media and the country’s civil and military establishment — has not yet addressed today’s statement by NAB.
Source: DAWN
Because she is IK's wifewhy poor Bushra ?
vindictive regime buddy ?Because she is IK's wife
We need all the documents and proof against all the policians. MR bring down all of this crooked elite.
We need all the documents and proof against all the policians. MR bring down all of this crooked elite.
This case lasted all of a day or 2. MR did a deal with the Sharifs to pay double for the property. The money returned didn't belong to the PK state and we know this because Isa( in a hearing about the SC fine on MR) had a nibble at this case in the SC and got humiliated. And why the delay in the IHC to hear IKs appeal. Surely if he was guilty then the appeal would have been heard and thrown out, especially as the 15 crappest judge from the LHC was brought in to keep IK in jailHe was guilty here, whether you accept it or not is up to you.
I called it last year that this is the case he will get caught in, and you said no this is a nothing case. He as a PM transferred money back to the criminal.
Instead of arguing about Imran, its better to argue that Malik should also be arrested
The beghairat are used to their humiliation. They use munafiqs like Ansar Abbasi and others for their newsWhere are the patwaris? I told you Khan won't take deals like their hero who's hiding in London
@Major£190m case put off due to prosecutor’s unavailability
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of petitions filed by former PM Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, seeking suspension of their sentence in the £190 million reference until Oct 16 due to the absence of NAB’s special prosecutor.
Meanwhile, speaking to reporters outside the court, PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan and KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur alleged that hearing of cases was deliberately being delayed, urging the judiciary to reveal that who is pressurising it.
The case was taken up by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan.
At the outset of the hearing, PTI’s lawyers raised objections over the difficulties faced by counsel and supporters in accessing the courtroom.
They argued that the unnecessary deployment of security men and fencing outside the court created hindrances, despite no history of law-and-order issues during previous hearings. Barrister Salman Safdar contended that the court had been approached on multiple occasions without any disruption.
Responding to the grievances, CJ Dogar apologised to the defence counsel and assured them that the court would not allow such obstacles in the future. “This is your court, come whenever you want,” he remarked, instructing the authorities to ensure smooth access for legal representatives and litigants.
NAB prosecutor Rafay Maqsood then informed the bench that the special prosecutor in the case was seriously ill and unable to appear. This led Barrister Safdar to accuse NAB of deliberately employing delaying tactics.
Media talk
Speaking to the media after the hearing, PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan said the Toshakhana-2 case was being heard in Adiala Jail and, according to lawyer Salman Safdar, the matter would be decided in two or three hearings and Imran Khan would be punished.
“On the other hand, for the last 10 months we have been trying to get a hearing date from the Islamabad High Court. After sitting for hours in Justice Dogar’s secretary’s room, we obtained a date of Sept 25 and now the next date has been fixed for Oct 16. While the cipher case was being heard by the IHC, it was listed daily. Now why are such long intervals being given? Is the case being delayed so that the Toshakhana-2 case can be decided?” she asked.
She claimed it was obvious the judge was deliberately delaying the matter, since a date in first week of October could have been given.
“Imran also said that Gen Asim Munir cannot stop him from posting on social media. He said the account belongs to him and he will not be dictated to by Asim Munir,” Ms Khan said.
On the occasion, KP CM Gandapur alleged that the actions in Imran Khan’s case were pre-planned.
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LOL... There is a whole long list of things that NOON and PPP took home, including things like cars that were not even allowed.Is the ghari chor still locked up?
Must be burning watching shebaz and munir deliver our foreign policy.
Is the ghari chor still locked up?
Must be burning watching shebaz and munir deliver our foreign policy.
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That is the level of these people. Major knows their criminality, he is just too embarrassed to say so. Can also delete the attachment on my reply to him. Wrong attachmentLOL... There is a whole long list of things that NOON and PPP took home, including things like cars that were not even allowed.
TBH, it is shameful when anyone defends those things but keeps crying for a watch because they can find nothing else to talk about.
@Bewal Express BMW, rings, showpieces, carpets were taken home.. Many more
They don't care. Even if it splits the country into two.I know there are two camps in Pakistan but it's actually bad to lock up popular politicans for years and try to get rid of any popular party. Institutions can't develop this way. I thought army will keep IK in jail for some time and release but it seems they simply want to keep him in jail till death.
If Pakistan can have 20 years with free election and normal change of government, long term trajectory of country will change big time. Economy will start growing at a good clip without any dependence on loan etc.They don't care. Even if it splits the country into two.
Our Generals have the God complex where they want to be worshipped by PKs. Pk was created for the People by the Quaid and Allama, not created so that Generals could fantasise about being and playing God with lots of looted wealth. Bajwa on the official figures was a billionaire, just imagine what he has in hidden wealth. It may take a year, or a decade but they and their puppets are hated. No amount of lies and Tik Toks can hide the truth that people have seen with their own eyes.If Pakistan can have 20 years with free election and normal change of government, long term trajectory of country will change big time. Economy will start growing at a good clip without any dependence on loan etc.
In absence of transparent and free election, no government is run for benefit of 250M people living in Pakistan. Goal of any government should be to uplift entire population. Everything else is just noise and distraction.
I don't see IK as some great administrator, but locking a popular leader does nothing. If a leader does bad then allow poeple to vote him/her out. Eventually, institutions develop enough to start producing good results.