The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday filed a corruption reference against former prime minister Imran Khan, his wife and other suspects in the £190 million settlement case.
According to Geo News, the reference was filed by NAB’s Deputy Prosecutor General Muzafar Abbasi, along with investigative officer Umar Nadeem, in an accountability court in Islamabad. The registrar office is examining the reference.
Apart from Imran Khan and his wife, other suspects named in the reference are PTI leaders Zulfi Bukhari, Shahzad Akbar, lawyer Barrister Zia-ul-Mustafa Nazeer and three others.
In total 8 people have been named in the reference.
The filing of the reference comes days after the federal cabinet gave the go-ahead to conduct the jail trial of the PTI chairman in corruption cases.
The anti-graft watchdog had requested the ministry to allow the trial to be held in Adiala jail considering the law and order situation.
The ministry had already issued a notification on the trial of the PTI chairman in the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA), UK, and Toshakhana case in prison.
