What is the Al-Qadir Trust case? In which Imran’s arrest created furore in Pakistan

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by the Pakistan Rangers when he was present at the Islamabad High Court for a hearing in a corruption case. A day earlier, Khan had accused the country’s army of allegedly conspiring to assassinate him. The news of Imran Khan’s arrest prompted High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq to direct Islamabad’s police chief, interior ministry secretary and additional attorney general to appear in court within 15 minutes and explain why and to whom the former PM was arrested. Has been arrested in the case.

What is Al-Qadir Trust Case?

Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and his close aides Zulfikar Bukhari and Babar Awan formed the Al-Qadir Project Trust. The objective of this trust was to establish Al-Qadir University to provide ‘quality education’ in Sohawa tehsil of Jhelum district of Punjab. The address of the trust’s office is mentioned in the documents as Bani Gala House, Islamabad. Bushra Bibi later signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahria Town, a private real estate firm, in 2019 to receive donations. The trust received 458 kanals, 4 marlas and 58 square feet of land from Bahria town as part of its deal. However, according to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, out of this 458 kanal land, Imran Khan fixed his share and transferred the donated 240 kanal land in the name of Farah Gogi, a close friend of Bushra Bibi.

Following these allegations, Pakistan’s former finance minister Miftah Ismail tweeted that Imran Khan gave around £190 million to real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, who later had to give the amount to British authorities to investigate whether the money was Was it from any income of Pakistan or not.