SC directs Imran Khan to submit detailed response regarding Bani Gala assets

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has directed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan to submit a detailed answer regarding his offshore companies and Bani Gala property. According to media reports, the detailed reply of PTI suprem was sought by SC after conducting the hearing of Hanif Abbasi’s petition against Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen. During today’s hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that Hanif Abbasi’s counsel Akram Sheikh had filed a miscellaneous application regarding the money trail of assets. Ironically, Hanif Abbasi’s lawyer also predicted during the court proceedings that Imran Khan will be the next Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan. “Panama case was about the sitting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and this case is about the next Prime Minister of Pakistan,” said Akram Sheikh in SC. CJP said that PTI was accused of taking funds from prohibited sources. The second allegation, CJP continued, was that Niazi Services, an offshore firm of Imran Khan was not declared in his assets, third is the suspicious money transaction from Pakistan to London, and fourth is that there was no money trail of the loan that was given back to Jemima, Imran’s first wife. Imran Khan’s lawyer Naeem Bukhari responded to these accusations and assured SC to submit the replies till Friday, and also claimed that more documents will be provided than the applicant has required.