Islamabad, May 5:
A Pakistan high court on Monday rejected petitions filed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi seeking suspension of their sentences in the 190 million pound Al-Qadir Trust case.
Both were convicted last year, receiving 14 years’ imprisonment for Khan and 7 years for Bushra Bibi. They had challenged their convictions in the Islamabad High Court, but a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar declared their requests for suspension of sentence as infructuous. The court, however, scheduled May 7 for hearing their appeals against the convictions.
The case involves allegations related to the Al-Qadir Trust, a welfare organisation established in 2018 that operates a university near Islamabad. Prosecutors claim the trust was used as a front to receive land worth millions of dollars from a property developer.
It is alleged that these transfers were linked to the use of repatriated UK funds by the government to settle fines for the businessman instead of depositing the money into the national treasury.
Imran Khan has denied all charges, stating that neither he nor his wife benefited financially from the trust or related transactions.