- Maryam Aurangzeb says that Imran Khan is paying the price for targeting PML-N.
Lahore: Punjab Information and Heritage Minister Uzma Bukhari said on Saturday that January 17, 2025 was a different day for Pakistan as a former prime minister was sentenced to jail for misusing his official powers, not his. On taking regular salary from son. Iqama or Hijacking.
While addressing a press conference in Lahore, Uzma Bukhari said that Tehreek al-Fasaad is now saying that the decision was pre-determined when a non-political woman robbed 6 billion rupees worth of jewelery and diamonds.
Uzma Bukhari further said that Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) also expressed its concern over not using the returned money for the welfare of the people of Pakistan instead of PTI founder and His wife used this money herself.
The minister said that the case ended after more than 100 hearings and the court granted time to the accused to record their statements.
During the 35 hearings of the case, the investigating officer of NAB was given respite for cross-examination.
He said that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was smiling after hearing the verdict which no one could have imagined and his leader was sentenced to jail.
Uzma Bukhari said that the chief organizer of Al-Qadir University got the approval of the matter from his cabinet members in a sealed envelope.
Members of his (founding PTI) cabinet openly said that they were given three minutes to approve the matter.
He said that Mirza Shahzad Akbar and Farah Gogi finalized the deal and executed it. Mirza Shahzad Akbar was caught carrying a briefcase of cash in London.
Shahzad Akbar is already advertising. Azad said that Farah Gogi was saying that the diamond should not be less than 5 carats then the sealed envelope would be opened.
He said that instead of sending the money to account number one, the UK government transferred it to the account of the Supreme Court.
He said that the National Crime Agency arrested Shahzad Akbar while Hasan and Hussain Nawaz got a clean chit from the British court.
Uzma Bukhari said that the National Crime Agency issued a press release saying that they are returning the illegal money to Pakistan.
‘Imran Khan is paying the price for targeting PML-N’
Meanwhile, Senior Punjab Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said on Saturday that PTI is reaping what it sows, terming the £190 million case (Al Qadri Trust Case) as an ‘open and shut case’.
While addressing a press conference in Lahore, he mentioned the former Prime Minister and founder of PTI, Imran Khan, and said that the person who used to point fingers at others and called them corrupt, is now caught in a case of corruption.
Maryam Nawaz said that when Imran was the prime minister of the country, he put the entire leadership of PML-N in jail.
He claimed that there is no case of corruption against former Prime Minister and President of Muslim League (N) Nawaz Sharif. The senior minister said that not even a penny of corruption could be proved against him.
He boasted that Nawaz Sharif is the architect of almost every project of the country. He lamented that when no evidence was found against him, he was disqualified simply because he had not taken salary from his son.
Maryam added that Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) had investigated the Al-Qadir Trust case during the PTI government. “This was not money that belonged to any individual. This money belonged to the state and was to be deposited in the national treasury.
