RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Monday sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on a 15-day judicial remand in a new Toshakhana case.
Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana heard the case at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. The judge also ordered to produce both PTI founder and his wife before the court on September 2.
During the hearing of the case, the accused submitted a written reply in response to the questionnaire by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Advocates Zaheer Abbas Chaudhary and Salman Safdar represented the former prime minister and the ex-first lady in the case.
NAB Deputy Director Mohsen Haroon and Special Prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi also appeared during the hearing. The last hearing of the new reference was held on August 8.
The new Toshakhana reference against the couple came after NAB arrested them hours after a district and sessions court acquitted Khan and Bushra Bibi in the iddat reference.
The NAB team led by Deputy Director Mohsin Haroon arrested the couple in the Adiala Jail in the new case pertaining to alleged “misuse of power for acquiring Toshakhana gifts.
Soon after their arrest in the new Toshakhana case, both the PTI founder and his wife had filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), saying that they had been “illegally” remanded into NAB’s custody.