PTI Chairman Imran Khan submitted a post-arrest bail petition with the accountability court of Islamabad in the 190-million-pound scandal case.
The NAB chairman and director general have been made parties in the petition that was submitted on behalf of Imran Khan through lawyers Latif Khosa, Intezar Panjotha and Ali Ijaz.
Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir issued notices to the parties concerned.
The petition maintains that the petitioner has been a former prime minister and a well-known cricketer, while cases are being filed against him on political grounds and his reputation was being damaged.
The application further requests that post-arrest bail be approved until a judgement on the 190 million-pound scandal case.
NAB Prosecutor Sohail Arif received the notice in the courtroom and the hearing of the case was adjourned till December 4.
On November 29, the Law Ministry issued a notification for Imran Khan’s trial in Adiala Jail in the Toshakhana and 190 million pounds scandal cases.
The notification for hearing the National Accountability Bureau’s cases against Imran Khan in jail was issued after approval of the federal government.
The document says that the accountability court will conduct proceedings of the Toshakhana and 190 million-pound scandal cases in Adiala Jail.
Previously, the Interior Ministry had issued a notification for conducting a jail trial of Imran Khan in the 190 million-pound case by the accountability court.
