Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday fixed the hearing of former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi’s appeals against their conviction in the £190 million corruption reference for April 30 (tomorrow).
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Sarfaraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif will hear the pleas on Thursday.
The PTI founder and his wife approached the IHC after they were handed 14-year and seven-year sentences, respectively, by Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana in January 2025.
Earlier in March, the court imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) special prosecutor for using delaying tactics in proceedings related to the £190 million corruption case involving Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi.
In a separate development, a banking court in Islamabad has fixed the hearing of the prohibited funding case against the PTI founding chairman for tomorrow (Thursday).
Authorities have submitted the charge sheet against former prime minister Imran Khan and other individuals, designating him as the prime accused.
Khan, who has been in jail since August 2023, faces multiple cases ranging from corruption to terrorism following his removal from power through the opposition’s no-confidence motion in April 2022.
Al-Qadir Trust case
The Al-Qadir Trust case, commonly known as the £190 million case, involves allegations that Imran Khan and others in 2019 adjusted Rs50 billion — equivalent to £190 million at the time — which had been sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the Pakistani government during his tenure as prime minister.
The amount relates to assets of a property tycoon that were seized by the NCA during the PTI government. The British agency had stated that the funds were to be transferred to the Government of Pakistan as part of a settlement, clarifying that the case was “a civil matter” and did not represent a finding of guilt.
However, the National Accountability Bureau filed a reference in December 2023. Charges were subsequently framed against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi on February 27, 2024, alleging that a settlement with the British agency was approved by then-prime minister Imran on December 3, 2019, without disclosing details of the confidential agreement.