The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday summoned former primeminister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and hiswife Bushra Bibi on March 9 in the Toshakhana case, *Aaj News* reported.
The call-up notice, dated February 17, was made public hours after theanti-graft watchdog chairman Aftab Sultan stepped down, after reportedlyrefusing to “toe the line”.
“The competent authority has taken cognizance of an offence allegedlycommitted by the accused persons under the provisions of NAO, 1999,” theNAB said in its notice.
The NAB inquiry has revealed that Imran, during his tenure as premier,retained some state gifts presented to him by various foreign dignitaries.
The gifts include:
— Rolex wristwatch no. M228206-0036, 43.6470
— Rolex wristwatch no. M126331-0014, 2G367435
— Rolex wristwatch no. M1I6700LS001,(999927K8) Oyster S
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— One iPhone presented by Qatar’s army chief dated 14/11/2018
— Rolex wristwatch no. Yacht-Master, Oyster, Serial no.068A7072. Model116680
— Rolex wristwatch (No.E67574V3), pair of cufflinks, one ring, andunstitched cloth of pants and coat from the crown prince of Saudi Arabiadated 18/09/2020.
— Graff gift set containing one Graff wristwatch Master Graff SpecialEdition Mecca Timepiece, One 18K gold and diamond Graff Pen, ring, and pairof cufflinks with a micro painting of Mecca.
The anti-graft watchdog asked Imran and his wife to appear before thecombined investigation team at the NAB Rawalpindi office on March 9 andrecord his statement in this regard.
In November last year, the NAB had taken notice of the allegednon-disclosure of the actual value of gifts received by the former primeminister, his wife, and other cabinet members.
