KP govt chopper case: PAC directs NAB to write to ECP for recovery of dues from Imran 

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to approach the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for recovery in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government helicopter case, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

During briefing by the NAB officials in the case, the committee directed them to write to the ECP for the recovery of dues from former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan and others within one week. 

The NAB chairman, on the occasion, told the committee that Imran and others had travelled in the chopper with the permission of KP chief minister. “As many as 1, 800 people used the helicopter after seeking the chief minister’s consent,” he said, and claimed, “All those, including the PTI chairman, who had travelled in it, did not pay for that.”   

The chairman disclosed that the outstanding amount stood at over Rs340 million. “Only from Imran, we have to recover Rs70 million,” he informed. 

He claimed that Imran’s travelling hours on the chopper stood at 166. “And the interesting thing is that he travelled in it when he was yet to become the country’s prime minister,” the bureau chairman added.

Reporter: Usman Khan