{"id":89325,"date":"2025-01-17T09:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ata-tarar-says-190-million-case-is-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-pakistans-history\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:23:07","slug":"ata-tarar-says-190-million-case-is-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-pakistans-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ata-tarar-says-190-million-case-is-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-pakistans-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ata Tarar says \u00a3190 million case is biggest corruption scandal in Pakistan\u2019s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ata Tarar Friday labeled the \u00a3190 million case as \u201cthe biggest mega-corruption scandal in Pakistan\u2019s history\u201d, asserting that justice has finally prevailed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the \u00a3190 million case verdict, Ata Tarar exclusively talking to ARY News, remarked, \u201cThis was an open-and-shut case, and the verdict reflects the triumph of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing the PTI leadership, the minister alleged that PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/bushra-bibi-arrested-after-conviction-in-190-million-case\/\">Bushra Bibi<\/a> handed over all the recovered money to the person from whom it was seized.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned, \u201cIf there was nothing to hide, why was the issue presented to the federal cabinet in a sealed envelope?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ata Tarar also accused PTI of corruption, stating, \u201cTheir hands are stained with corruption; today justice has prevailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While supporting the continuation of political negotiations, Tarar said, \u201cNegotiations should continue regardless of this decision\u2019s impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the demand for a judicial commission, he stated, the judicial commissions are formed for ambiguous matters. PTI\u2019s demand for one is unwarranted.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/imran-khan-bushra-bibi-convicted-in-190m-al-qadir-trust-case\/\">PTI founder, Bushra Bibi convicted in \u00a3190m Al-Qadir Trust case<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tarar emphasized that the talks aim solely at ensuring national stability, urging both sides to proceed constructively.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Verdict<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>An Accountability Court awarded a 14-year jail term to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in a \u00a3190 million case.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Nasir Javed Rana pronounced the verdict at Adiala Jail where accused Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were present Bushra Bibi was awarded seven years imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>The court also imposed fines of Rs1 million and Rs500,000 on Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi respectively. 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Reacting to the \u00a3190 million case verdict, Ata Tarar exclusively talking to ARY News, remarked, \u201cThis was an open-and-shut case, and the verdict reflects the triumph of justice.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Attta-Tarar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}