An accountability court on Monday extended Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan’s judicial remand till April 2 in a case pertaining to his offshore companies and alleged possession of assets beyond his known sources of income. As the hearing resumed, Khan’s defence counsel argued that a reference against his client had not been filed yet. To which the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) prosecutor responded that a final report against him was being compiled. He was produced before the court as his judicial remand expired today. He was sent to jail on March 5 after the court dismissed NAB’s appeal to extend his physical remand in their custody. He was arrested by the NAB in Lahore on February 6.
Published in Daily Times, March 19th 2019.
