Former Prime Minister Imran Khan And his wife Bushra Bibi against New Tosha Khana Reference I am likely to be charged today (Wednesday).
During the last hearing of this case in Adiala Jail, Special Judge Central Shahrukh Arjamand rejected the bail application of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi and said that the charge sheet will be filed on October 2.
In the last hearing, the prosecution told the court that ‘Imran Khan got a valuable set worth Rs 71.5 lakh from Saudi Arabia for Rs 29 lakh, which includes necklaces, bangles, bracelets and rings.’
It was further said that ‘FIA has obtained the original price of the Bulgarian seat from Saudi Arabia through the Foreign Office and has translated all receipts into English with the help of a notary public. FIA has irrefutable evidence against the former prime minister and his wife.
Lawyer Safi Salman Safdar said in his arguments that ‘Toshahkhana 2 case is a case similar to the first reference. The former and this reference have the same allegations and the same promissory notes. How can there be two cases of one case? The accused in both the cases are also the same.
He further said: ‘Bushree Bibi has been in jail for seven months, this case should end after Supreme Court’s NAB amendment rehabilitation decision. The case was transferred from NAB to Special Judge Central but founder PTI and Bushra Bibi did not get bail.
New Tosha Khana Reference
So far three references have been filed against Imran Khan and two against Bushra Bibi in the case of Tosha Khan.
NAB had filed a new Tosha Khana reference against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in July this year after the trial in Tosha Khana Reference One, which is related to the illegal possession and sale of 10 valuable gifts including seven watches.
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The new reference is actually the NAB inquiry report, in which the accountability body claims that Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi ‘kept and sold 10 valuable gifts against the law.’
According to the rules, every official gift must be first reported and deposited in the Tosha Khana and only gifts worth up to Rs 30,000 can be kept free of charge.
According to NAB’s new reference, gifts consisting of graph watches, Rolex watches, diamond and gold sets were sold without taking ownership as per law, the valuable set of graph watches were also sold without taking ownership and private appraisers. The buyer of the graph watch was benefited by the connivance of
It was further said that the appraiser’s underestimating the price of the watch by Rs 3 crore before receiving the email from Tosha Khana is evidence of collusion. According to the inquiry report of NAB, the price of graph watch was estimated at 10 crore nine lakh 20 thousand rupees, out of which 20 percent of the amount i.e. 2 crore one lakh 78 thousand rupees was given to the government treasury.
First Tosha Khana Reference
It was alleged in the Tosha Khana case that as Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi received 108 gifts from foreign leaders, of which they kept 58 gifts worth Rs 14 crore.
It was alleged in the reference that ‘Imran Khan kept the jewelery set received from the Saudi Crown Prince for a very small amount. During the investigation, it was found that this jewelery set was reported to Tosha Khana by the Military Secretary but was not submitted. Thus, Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan ministered against Tosha Khana laws, both of them using their authority to set the desired price of the jewelery set.
According to the NAB document: ‘The total value of the jewelery set was 1 billion 57 crore 4 million rupees, for which Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi paid 9 million rupees.’
The Accountability Court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years in prison on January 31 this year for buying the gifts of the Tosha Khana case at a price below their value.
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were also fined Rs 1 billion 57 crore and Imran Khan was disqualified by the court for 10 years.
Later, the Islamabad High Court on April 1, 2024 suspended the sentences in the Tosha Khana reference and ordered their release if they are not wanted in any other case.
Election Commission Toshakhana case
The first case of Tosha Khana against Imran Khan was sent to the Election Commission by the opposition parties in 2022.
On the request of five members of the National Assembly, including PML-N leader Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha, the Speaker of the National Assembly sent the matter to the Election Commission. In this reference, it was alleged that Imran Khan did not disclose the income earned by selling gifts from Tosha Khana in assets, hence he was not honest. On this basis, the reference sought the disqualification of Imran Khan under Article 62 (one) (f).
In the written reply that Imran Khan submitted to the Election Commission, it was stated that after paying Rs.21.6 million, he received around Rs.58 million from the government exchequer through the sale of gifts, including a watch. , cufflinks, an expensive pen and a ring while the other 3 gifts included 4 Rolex watches.
In this case, the Election Commission on 21 October 2022 had declared the Tosha Khana reference filed against former Imran Khan ineligible and sent the reference of criminal proceedings against him to the court.
On August 5 last year, a trial court in Islamabad sentenced Imran Khan to three years in prison for not declaring government gifts in tax returns in the Tosha Khana case, after which he was arrested from Zaman Park. .
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2024-10-02 07:28:41