Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been asked to appear before the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) of Punjab on Monday in connection with a case related to the purchase of over 5,000 kanals (625 acres) of land at throwaway prices through fraud.The ACE has sent summonses to Khan, his sister Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed in the land corruption case in Layyah district in Pakistan’s Punjab province , a spokesperson of the ACE said on Saturday.
The 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has been asked to appear before the ACE headquarters on 19 June , while Uzma and her husband have been informed to present themselves before the ACE DG Khan, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
Earlier, Khan was summoned by the ACE on June 16 but he did not appear before it. The summons was affixed at Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore, it said.The ACE has “clear evidence” of Khan’s involvement in the Layyah corruption scandal, the spokesperson said, adding that pressure was exerted on revenue officials of Bani Gala – Khan’s residence in Islamabad – for illegal transfer of land.Uzma is accused of alleged fraud in the purchase of 5,261-kanal of land in Layyah district, reportedly worth billions of rupees, for a mere Rs 130 million. The ACE said that an FIR had been registered against the couple.
According to the spokesperson, the land was bought in 2021-22 through fraud, and Uzma and Majeed made a fake land transfer in their names.The market value of the land was about Rs 6 billion, he said, adding that the purchase was made when the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced aid for the Greater Thal Canal project aimed at irrigating barren lands through Thal Cana
