Yet another trouble awaits former PM Imran Khan

Yet another trouble awaits former PM Imran Khan

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly (NA) onTuesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to approach theElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for recovery in the KhyberPakhtunkhwa (KP) government helicopter case.

During briefing by the NAB officials in the caselink, the committee directed them to write tothe ECP for the recovery of dues from former prime minister and PTIChairman Imran Khan and others within one week.

The NAB chairman, on the occasion, told the committee that Imran and othershad travelled in the chopper link thepermission of KP link chief minister. “As manyas 1, 800 people used the helicopter after seeking the chief minister’sconsent,” he said, and claimed, “All those, including the PTI chairman, whohad travelled in it, did not pay for that.”

The chairman disclosed that the outstanding amount stood at over Rs340million. “Only from Imran, we have to recover Rs70 million,” he informed.