NAB asked to make Imran Khan pay for using KP chopper

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• NAB documents state copter used for 1,800 illegal trips.
• Politicians used copters 588 times with over Rs96.8m in arrears.
• Unauthorised people have Rs198.3 million of payable amount.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday wrote a letter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for expediting recovery from and declaring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and others as defaulters for using the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s helicopter.

In the letter addressed to the anti-graft body, the electoral authority stated that the PTI chief and other unauthorised persons should be declared defaulters by the relevant forum, while the list of these defaulters should be sent to the ECP. The list will then be forwarded to the returning officers for further action as per law.

According to NAB documents, two official choppers of the KP government were used for 1,800 illegal trips. Politicians used the copters 588 times, while government officials utilised them 577 times. Unauthorised people have to pay Rs198.3 million in arrears, while politicians have over Rs96.8 million in payables. Government officials have to pay more than Rs50.8 million, and others have an outstanding amount of over Rs50 million.

It should be noted that the KP Assembly had last year declared the use of the provincial government’s helicopters from November 1, 2008, till December 2022, as legal through a draft amendment in the law, after which the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) challenged the amendment in the Peshawar High Court.

In December 2022, NAB — after completing its probe into the illegal use of the KP government’s helicopters — revealed that those, who engaged the chopper for private use, owe Rs90 million to the provincial administration.

The development came in reaction to the usage of choppers used by Khan, former and current provincial and federal ministers, including others.

NAB also wrote to the KP government to recover the cost of all the illegal helicopter trips taken by "influential politicians, public officeholders" and others.

NAB asked to make Imran Khan pay for using KP chopper

Electoral body also asks NAB to declare PTI chief defaulter for not clearing payments

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ECP approaches NAB to declare Imran defaulter in helicopter case​

Politicians are liable to pay Rs96.8 million to govt

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday wrote to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to declare Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and others as defaulters as they did not pay the state for using state helicopters.

In the letter, the ECP sought a list of the defaulters, which would be shared with the concerned returning officers (ROs) later.

According to the NAB, two helicopters owned by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government had been used illegally to take 1800 trips comprising politicians’ 588, government officials’ 577, and others’ 635. The total amount due for the usage is Rs190.83 million, out of which politicians are liable to pay Rs96.8 million.

The KP government had declared it illegal to use its choppers in 2008, but the constitution was amended later. The PML-N subsequently challenged the amendment to the constitution in the Peshawar High Court.

ECP approaches NAB to declare Imran defaulter in helicopter case

Politicians are liable to pay Rs96.8 million to govt

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