ISLAMABAD: Accountability court has extended judicial remand of PTI senior leader Aleem Khan till April 30 in assets beyond income and offshore companies cases.
In his previous hearing, NAB officials requested to extend his judicial remand. The court directed to submit final report on the cases in next hearing.
On February 6, Aleem was detained by NAB while recording his statement in a case lined to an offshore company unveiled in the Panama Papers leaks. On February 7, the court sent him on a nine-day physical remand in NAB’s custody.
During hearing of the case on February 15, the prosecutor told the court that in 2003 Aleem Khan went from being just an ordinary citizen to a millionaire with 35 companies suddenly in 2007.
The bureau’s prosecutor maintained that the PTI leader concealed his assets. The NAB prosecutor maintained that AED30 million were transferred from Pakistan to Dubai and the accused failed to provide details.
Contrarily, Aleem Khan’s counsel maintained that the money was sent from the account of Aleem’s mother and that his client has submitted all of his documents to the anti-graft watchdog body. (INP)
