A report indicates that Imran Khan met Malik Riaz at the Prime Minister's House before reaching a settlement in the £190 million scandal.

The investigation report on the £190 million scam case involving former Prime Minister Imran Khan and others has revealed alarming details. The documentation of communication with the UK's National Crime Agency, previously held by the Asset Recovery Unit under the prior government, is now missing. The report also confirms a meeting between Malik Riaz, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and former accountability adviser Shahzad Akbar before the £190 million settlement.

According to the report, the meeting at the PM House took place on July 11, 2019. It identifies Shahzad Akbar and Ziaul Mustafa Naseem as the individuals responsible for the missing record, which belonged to the state of Pakistan and vanished to conceal illicit activities. The disappearance of these records is seen as an attempt to obstruct the investigation into the case, with the Cabinet Division conducting an inquiry into the matter.

The investigation report holds Shahzad Akbar and Ziaul Mustafa Naseem accountable for the loss of records. Asset Recovery Unit Secretary Manzoor Kayani confirmed the correspondence with the British NCA, stating that the unit had written letters to Usman Ahmed, the country manager of the NCA. The letters informed the NCA about the 1 Hyde Park, London property and money laundering investigations, leading to the freezing of UK bank accounts.

A third letter dated April 18, 2019, provided surprising explanations to the NCA, claiming that Ali Malik Riaz had declared the 1 Hyde Park property and paid taxes in accordance with Pakistani law. The NCA was led to believe that no action could be taken on the property in Pakistan, and it was given the impression that there was no investigation against Bahria Town.

The former accountability adviser submitted the "Deed of Confidentiality" to the NCA on November 6, 2019, before obtaining cabinet approval, according to the report. The summary for cabinet approval was reportedly brought to the Prime Minister's House "by hand," but no record of its collection exists.

In response to these developments, an accountability court in Islamabad issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former Prime Minister's accountability adviser Mirza Shahzad Akbar, property tycoon Malik Riaz, and four others in the £190 million scandal reference. The warrants also include Ziaul Mustafa Naseem, former minister Zulfi Bukhari, Ahmed Ali Riaz, and Farhat Shehzadi alias Farah Gogi. Earlier, on December 2, a civil court in Islamabad declared ex-SAPM Akbar a "proclaimed offender" in the embezzlement case. Charges of fraud and other offenses had been filed against Akbar at the Secretariat Police Station in Islamabad.