Fact Check: PM Imran does not own assets in UK as Justice Isa claims.

ISLAMABAD -- Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who is facing a presidential reference for failing to declare his family's assets abroad, on Tuesday dropped a bombshell as he claimed to have 'discovered through search' multiple properties in the United Kingdom linked with or possessed by top political leaders including Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close aides.

Justice Isa, in an application submitted to the Supreme Court, told the bench that he took a cue from the Asset Recovery Unit (ARU) chief Shahzad Akbar's claim that properties in Britain could be searched by anyone by using the search engine 192.com.

The application said the search engine was used to find out the properties of a few known public figures. The search result suggested that Akbar owned five properties in Britain, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Firdous Ashiq Awan owned one, State Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari seven, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar three, Prime Minister Imran six, Jahangir Khan Tareen one and former president Pervez...

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