LAHORE – An accountability court on Saturday extended Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan’s judicial remand till April 30.
The PTI leader appeared before the court in a case pertaining to his offshore companies and alleged possession of assets beyond his known sources of income.
During the hearing, Accountability Court Judge Saeed Najmul Hassan highlighted that no one should be kept in jail unnecessarily.
The NAB investigation officer told the court that most of the investigation against Aleem Khan was complete and that the final report would be presented once the NAB chairman signs off on it.
To this, Khan’s lawyer contended that NAB was repeating the stance it had taken at the time of obtaining the judicial remand.
The judge, however, extended Khan’s remand for another 10 days and ordered NAB to present its final report on the matter in the next hearing of the case.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had taken Aleem Khan into custody in February. The PTI biggie faces multiple inquiries, including one involving offshore company Hexam Investment Overseas Ltd; one for owning assets beyond his known sources of income; and inquiries into his involvement in the Park View Housing Society, River Age Housing Society, and Multan Road.
According to the anti-graft body, Aleem Khan had started a real state business in which he invested tens of millions of rupees. however, according to the bureau, the PTI leader was unable to show the sources of income with which he purchased the land.
NAB also alleges that Khan had set up multiple offshore companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Britain in 2005 and 2006, using them to purchase assets that cannot be explained by his means.
Following his arrest, Aleem Khan had immediately submitted his resignation to Punjab Chief Minister Usman Ahmed Buzdar, however, he turns up frequently in the Punjab Assembly on production orders.
