In the Toshakhana-II case, a statement under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) given by former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, has surfaced, revealing their stance on key allegations made by the prosecution.
During her recorded statement, Bushra Bibi stated that she had legally retained a Bulgari jewelry set after making the payment in accordance with Toshakhana rules.
Former first lady Bushra Bibi categorically denied the allegation that she had conveyed a message through Inamullah Shah to Suhaib Abbasi to undervalue the gift items.
“I am a woman who observes purdah (veil) and has never participated in any political activity,” Bushra Bibi said, adding that she had never instructed anyone to influence the valuation process.
In his statement, Imran Khan said that Inamullah Shah had served both in the PTI Secretariat and later in the Prime Minister’s Office and was subsequently dismissed for drawing salaries from both positions.
Imran Khan argued that if, as the prosecution claimed, Inamullah Shah had reduced the valuation of the Bulgari set to grant him a benefit worth Rs3.2 billion in May 2021, then it would be illogical for him to dismiss the same individual in July 2021 over an excess salary of only Rs70,000. “This contradiction alone proves the prosecution’s case baseless,” he said.
When questioned about the Bulgari necklace and earrings being valued at over Rs70 million in Italy, Imran Khan responded that NAB (National Accountability Bureau) had no jurisdiction in the matter and that foreign valuations could not be presented as admissible evidence.
The PTI founder further stated that the NAB chairman exceeded his authority by granting a pardon to approver Suhaib Abbasi on May 23, 2024, without due legal power.
He added that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had never conducted any legitimate investigation, had violated its own procedures, and had submitted fabricated reports. He noted that in the first Toshakhana case, neither Inamullah Shah nor Suhaib Abbasi had ever mentioned the Bulgari jewellery set.
Imran Khan emphasized that the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had already observed in its bail order that the FIA had no authority to register such a case and that double jeopardy, punishing a person twice for the same offence, was constitutionally prohibited.
He said that after failing to find evidence in the prohibited party funding and cipher cases, the FIA fabricated the Toshakhana-II case, even though the 2018 Toshakhana policy only allowed administrative action for failure to report a gift, not criminal prosecution.
The former premier explained that the Toshakhana gifts were received between May 7 and May 10, 2021, and that NAB had already filed a case on the same issue, making the FIA’s involvement jurisdictionally invalid. He maintained that both he and his wife should therefore be acquitted in this fourth fabricated Toshakhana case.
Imran Khan alleged that since November 2022, a series of false and politically motivated cases had been filed against him. He questioned the credibility of Inamullah Shah, calling him an unreliable witness who was previously dismissed for misconduct and had worked as a tool (part) of Jahangir Khan Tareen’s group.
He further said that when Inamullah appeared earlier as a witness in the first NAB reference, he had never mentioned the Bulgari set, which raised further doubts about the prosecution’s integrity.
