Islamabad: Imprisoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf founder Imran Khan on Thursday said that neither he nor his wife Bushra Bibi had benefited financially from the Al-Qadir Trust case, business tycoon Malik Riaz can testify that he is the only one. is the Prime Minister who “never asked him for personal or financial gain.”
A post from Imran Khan’s X account on Thursday said: “Neither Bushra Bibi nor I have benefited financially in any way from Al-Qadir Trust.
Malik Riaz will testify that I was the only prime minister who never asked him for personal or financial gain.
“On the contrary,” Imran added [Asif Ali] Mr. Zardari, I did not build Bilawal House for myself, nor did I sell One Hyde Park for double the price of the Sharif family.
“The future of Pakistan’s youth is important to me, and that is why Al Qadir University was established,” the post read.
The post comes in the backdrop of Riaz’s post on X a day ago, in which he said he would “not testify”. It was my decision yesterday and it is my decision today, no matter how much you wrong me, Malik Riaz will not testify. The property tycoon said in response to the government’s decision to extradite him.
Imran and Bushra were convicted last week in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case, in which Riaz and his son are also co-accused and alleged criminals. Following the conviction, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday took action against Riyadh to bring him back to Pakistan from the UAE.