A Pakistani High Court is set to hear a plea filed by incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Thursday, challenging their conviction in the Al Qadir Trust case.
An Islamabad accountability court in 2025 sentenced the former prime minister and his wife to 14 years and seven years in prison, respectively, on corruption charges filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the country’s anti-graft watchdog.
The couple challenged the conviction in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The hearing was originally scheduled for April 22 but was cancelled after the capital was turned into a red zone for the US-Iran talks aimed at ending hostilities.
As per the cause list issued by the Registrar’s Office, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif will hear the matter on Thursday.
The £190 million case pertains to allegations linked to the Al-Qadir Trust, a welfare organisation that runs a university outside Islamabad. Authorities allege that the trust was used as a front to receive land worth millions of dollars from a real estate tycoon.
As per investigators, the donations were made in exchange for the former premier’s administration using repatriated funds from the United Kingdom to pay fines on behalf of the businessman instead of depositing the amount into the national exchequer.
Khan has denied the allegations, stating that he and his wife didn’t derive any financial benefit from the trust or related transactions.
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