Judge Mohammad Bashir conducted the hearing on the two cases where the National Accountability Bureau had filed an application seeking Khan’s arrest warrants.

Judge Bashir approved the issuance of the warrants while directing the jail superintendent to take measures to ensure the warrants were complied with.

Later, a team of NAB arrived at the Adiala jail and arrested him inside the jail. Khan is now in the custody of the NAB court while in the prison facility.

The NAB team also asked questions from the PTI chief regarding the Al-Qadir Trust case.

Earlier, sources had said that the NAB decided to immediately arrest Khan after the issuance of his arrest warrants.

The anti-graft body is likely to arrest the PTI chief today from Adiala jail where a team including investigation officers of the Bureau will arrive to ensure compliance with the warrants, they added.

Earlier today, former First Lady Bushra Begum was summoned by the NAB in £190 million case and as per media reports her arrest could be on the cards.

Bushra was summoned at 2pm in the NAB office in G-6 in Islamabad. Farhat Shahzadi, a former close aide of Bushra, has also been summoned in the same case today.

The former prime minister is currently being held in Adiala jail after his arrest from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on August 5.

He was moved to the prison on September 26 from Attock jail where he was initially kept after his arrest.