An accountability court in Islamabad ordered freezing properties and bank accounts of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Shahzad Akbar, Zulfi Bukhari and other accused in the £190 million case.
Accountability court Judge Muhammad Bashir also ordered to confiscate the vehicles registered in the names of accused including former first lady Bushra Bibi’s close aide Farah Gogi.
Last month, the accountability court had declared the aforementioned accused as proclaimed offender over their failure to join the probe.
In today’s hearing, the court also issued perpetual arrest warrants for the absconding accused.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on December 1, 2023, filed a reference against PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi and others in the case of £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK.
The other accused named in the reference are Farhat Shezadi (Farah Gogi), Akbar, Bukhari and others.
In the reference, NAB, Rawalpindi, said that accused persons in connivance with each other have committed the offence of corruption and corrupt practices as defined and punishable under the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999.
