Responding to PTI leaders’ press conference, Tarar said the £190m case was the biggest corruption scandal in the country’s history. He stated that Imran Khan was handed a 14-year prison sentence after a transparent trial based on evidence.
The PTI founder, he added, failed to explain before the court where billions of rupees were spent.
Tarar alleged that instead of providing evidence, the PTI resorted to rhetoric about the “State of Madina,” using religion and an “Islamic touch” as a shield.
He said that the billions that should have been deposited into the government’s account were instead adjusted under fines. He questioned why Imran Khan and his wife established the Al-Qadir University Trust, when they claimed their record was clean.
According to the information minister, it had been proven that approval was obtained from the federal cabinet through a sealed envelope, while ministers who raised questions about the matter were ignored.
Tarar said that this sealed-envelope’s approval facilitated the £190m scam. He maintained that the PTI failed to prove anything in its defence before the court. “Bail does not mean acquittal,” he stressed, adding that several PTI leaders in the past were convicted despite being on bail.