An accountability court in Rawalpindi on Monday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in a new Toshakhana reference.
The accountability court’s judge Javed Rana conducted the hearing of the new Toshakhana reference pertaining to a jewellery set gifted by the Saudi crown prince.
The hearing was attended by the couple’s lawyers and the National Accountability Bureau prosecutor.
The new reference pertains to a case related to a jewellery set gifted to former first lady Bushra by the Saudi crown prince when Imran was the prime minister of the country from 2018 to 2022.
At the outset of the hearing, defence lawyer Salman Safdar argued that the new reference was similar to the previous one, therefore, two separate references could not be filed in the same accusation.
To this, the prosecutor said that the defence lawyer’s claims could only be proved after matching the particulars of both references.
