Court in Pakistan to consider Imran Khan's request regarding Al-Qadir Trust case.

Islamabad: Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have filed a plea to challenge their convictions in the Al Qadir Trust case. This plea will be heard by a Pakistani high court on Thursday. Last year in January, an accountability court in Islamabad had sentenced 73-year-old Khan to 14 years in prison and Bibi to seven years, in connection with the corruption case led by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), an anti-corruption agency.

However, the couple has challenged this verdict in the Islamabad High Court, which was originally scheduled to hear their plea on April 22. Unfortunately, the hearing had to be cancelled due to the closure of the Red Zone, as Iran-US negotiations were expected to take place. Now, according to the cause list issued by the registrar's office, a division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif, will take up the matter on Thursday.

This case, amounting to a total of 190 million pounds, revolves around allegations related to the Al-Qadir Trust, a welfare organization that runs a university outside Islamabad. It is believed that the trust was being used as a front to receive land worth millions of dollars from a real estate tycoon. The NAB has alleged that these donations were made in exchange for the former prime minister's administration using repatriated funds from the United Kingdom to pay fines on behalf of the businessman, instead of depositing the amount into the national exchequer.

However, Khan has denied these allegations and stated that neither he nor his wife received any financial benefits from the trust or its related transactions. This case has been making headlines in the news, with Orissa POST, Odisha's No.1 English Daily, also reporting on the matter. The final verdict of the high court's hearing will determine the fate of the former prime minister and his wife, who have been fighting to clear their names in this controversial case.