ISLAMABAD: In the ongoing disqualification case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in the Supreme Court (SC), petitioner and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi on Saturday submitted additional documents in an effort to prove that Khan misrepresented his financial details in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Abbasi, while asking that Khan be disqualified under Article 62 (1)(f), submitted copies of Khan’s tax returns in court.
The documents have been submitted to prove that the defendant has neither mentioned his London flat nor the loan procured from his ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith in the statements of assets and liabilities from 2004 onward submitted to the ECP.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar will resume hearing the case on Tuesday, Sept 26.
At the last hearing on Sept 12, a three-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, had highlighted certain gaps in Mr Khan’s money trail leading to the purchase of Banigala estate.
In his petition, Mr Abbasi has sought the disqualification of Imran Khan and PTI secretary general Jahangir Khan Tareen for non-disclosure of assets, ownership of offshore companies as well as the PTI being a foreign-aided party.
At the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had wondered whether Mr Khan, who had been contesting elections since 1997, had ever declared in his statements of assets before the ECP, income tax returns and loan worth over Rs40 million he got from his ex-wife for the purchase of Banigala property.
