PTI founder, Bushra Bibi’s judicial remand extended till Sept 16

RAWALPINDI: The accountability court has extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the new Toshahkhana reference till September 16. Accountability Court judge Nasir Javed Rana held a hearing on the new Toshakhana reference against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, in which their lawyers and NAB prosecutor appeared in the court. During the hearing, Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi's lawyer Salman Safdar argued that the new reference of Toshakhana is the same as the first reference, two references cannot be made on the same charge. On this, the NAB prosecutor said that the documents can prove whether the new reference is similar to the previous one or not. Meanwhile, the NAB prosecutor requested to get the judicial record of Toshakhan's old reference, which was rejected by the court. Later, the accountability court in a new reference extended the judicial remand of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi till September 16 and postponed further hearing of the case till September 6. [embedpost slug="nab-files-new-toshakhana-reference-against-pti-founder-bushra-bibi"] Earlier, The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a new Toshakhana reference against the founder Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan and  his wife Bushra Bibi. On behalf of NAB, reference investigation officer Mohsin Haroon and case Afsar Waqar ul Hassan filed the reference in the accountability court, which consists of two volumes.