ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will hear main appeals of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi against their convictions in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust corruption case Monday (June 29).
A two-member division bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Sarfaraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif will take up the appeals, which challenge the sentences handed down by an accountability court in January 2025.
The former premier was sentenced to 14 years in prison along with a fine of Rs1 million, while Bushra Bibi received a seven-year term and a fine of Rs 500,000.
The case, also known as the Al-Qadir Trust reference, stems from allegations that Khan and his associates, during his tenure as prime minister, adjusted Rs50 billion (£190 million at the time) that had been repatriated to Pakistan by the UK’s National Crime Agency. The amount was linked to assets of a property tycoon seized abroad. Investigators allege that the funds were used to pay fines on behalf of the businessman instead of being deposited into the national exchequer, in exchange for land worth millions of dollars transferred to the Al-Qadir Trust.
This comes after the court earlier rejected requests by the couple to prioritise their sentence suspension pleas, ruling that the applications had become “infructuous” once the main appeals were scheduled for hearing.
During proceedings in May, IHC Chief Justice Dogar had emphasised that the preferable course was to decide the main appeal at the earliest.
In addition to the main appeals, Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi have also filed contempt of court petitions linked to the case, which are expected to be reviewed alongside the appeals during the June 29 hearing.
The court had earlier directed the legal team to submit duly signed vakalatnamas within seven days to complete required procedural formalities.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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