- The challan of the case against Akbar was also filed in the court.
- The former prime minister’s aide faces a case registered by the NCCIA in July.
- Former adviser to Imran Khan living in the UK since April 2022.
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in the federal capital declared former prime minister Imran Khan’s adviser on home affairs and accountability Shahzad Akbar a proclaimed offender.
The court, in its written order, also directed to issue an arrest warrant against Akbar citing his failure to appear before the court despite several summons in a case relating to his alleged controversial statements on social media.
Meanwhile, the case against him has also been submitted to the court.
The development relates to a case registered by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) against Akbar in July 2025.
The court’s decree comes a day after Pakistan formally began the extradition process for Akbar, who has lived in Britain since April 2022, with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi presenting the relevant documents at a meeting with British High Commissioner Jane Marriott.
During the meeting, Naqvi said he “fully believed” in freedom of expression, but no country can allow defamation and defamation of the state and institutions from abroad.
Last month, the Pakistan High Commission (PHC) in London refused to renew Abar’s passport with officials saying it had been blocked by authorities in Islamabad.
Akbar, a lawyer by profession and former head of the government’s Asset Recovery Unit (ARU), left Pakistan in April 2022, shortly after the ouster of the Khan government. His name had been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), but he managed to leave the country after the Islamabad High Court ordered it removed, ruling that the ban was illegal.
Once considered Khan’s main anti-corruption czar, Akbar previously served as a special prosecutor at NAB between 2004 and 2008, working on major alleged corruption cases involving Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari and Shahbaz Sharif, who is now the incumbent prime minister.
