An additional sessions court in Islamabad has decided to indict Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case.
The court has set February 7 as the date for the indictment of the former premier.
Read also: Imran Khan Bought Gifts Worth Rs6 billion For Rs15 million, claims TV Anchor
The gifts worth about Rs6 billion and meant for Toshakhana were bought by then prime minister Imran Khan for just Rs15 million, according to a new damning report into the multi-billion rupee scandal.
The valuables received from Gulf countries were allegedly wrongly valued, said TV anchor Kamran Shahid on Wednesday.
Prime Minister’s special adviser Ataullah Tarar has confirmed the new discovery; the government plans to ask the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for an inquiry into the same.
While addressing a presser today (December 14), PTI chairman termed both the Toshakhana and foreign funding cases against him as part of the “chief election commissioner’s one-point agenda” to disqualify him.
“The day the Toshakhana case goes to court, I can say in writing that everything I did was legal,” he said, adding, “And same is the case with the foreign funding case.”
In October, the Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified Imran Khan from politics in the Toshakhana case.
Read also: Toshakhana Scandal: Imran Takes Umar Zahoor, Channel To UAE Court
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Saturday filed a defamation case against Dubai-based businessman Umar Zahoor, and Geo News and its anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada over a programme that alleged his involvement in the Toshakhana scandal.
The Toshakhana scam hit the headlines last month again when Zahoor claimed he was contacted by the former First Lady’s confidante Farah over the sale of a Rs2 billion Graff masterpiece.
Today (Saturday), the former premier took to Twitter to announce that his lawyers in the UAE had filed a case of libel and slander against the aforesaid.
Earlier, he also announced that his team had also filed a demand notice to the TV news channel and its owner.
Last month, the businessman claimed he paid Khan $2 million to buy the luxury watch he had received as a state gift.
