PTI Chairman Imran Khan can be seen sitting in a room which was given the status of a court as a “one-time dispensation” on May 10, 2023. — YouTube Screengrab via Geo NewsISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's legal troubles increased Wednesday as an accountability court in Islamabad granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) eight-day physical remand of the former prime minister in the Al-Qadir Trust case. Today's hearingAt the outset of the hearing, the NAB sought a 14-day physical remand — the maximum allowed in the law — but the PTI lawyers opposed the request. The decision to present Khan at a special court instead of a NAB court was taken in view of security threats to his life. Asad Umar arrested from IHC premisesAhead of Khan’s hearing, PTI Secretary General Asad Umar was arrested from the IHC premises by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Islamabad police.

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