LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday extended judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan till April 20.
The court reprimanded the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over “very slow progress” in the investigation of the assets beyond known sources of income case. It also ordered the anti-corruption watchdog to conclude probe at earliest and submission of a final report in the next hearing.
On March 19, the PTI stalwart had filed bail petition in Lahore High Court (LHC) through his counsel Adnan Shujaa Butt.
According to the petition, the NAB arrested Aleem Khan over the charges of his offshore companies and possessing assets beyond known sources of income. The petitioner said that he has declared his all assets and the companies in his income statements.
Khan called all NAB charges including the misuse of authority as “baseless”.
Khan stated in his petition that the bureau has failed to prove any allegations against him and pleaded to the court to order his release on bail.
The senior politician had been handed over to the NAB on 14-day judicial remand by the accountability court again on March 18 after approving another extension.
