A heated exchange took place between NAB Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi and former prime minister Imran Khan during the hearing of the second Toshakhana reference in the special accountability court in Rawalpindi on Monday.

As the case hearing began, Bushra Bibi also joined her husband on the rostrum.

While conversing with the judge, Bushra said that she had left her decision to Allah and asked the judge “if he could not see what the national-graft buster was doing.” She alleged that continuous injustice was being done to them as NAB was “filing one false case after another.”

At this point, the PTI chief said that his wife had no connection with the state gifts and questioned why she was being allegedly punished. “I was the prime minister, but my wife was not in any public office.”

Khan said: “NAB officials are corrupt. Give them money and they will say whatever you want.” This enraged the NAB prosecutor, leading to a bitter exchange of words between the two.

“Don’t get personal with me, let’s discuss the case. I have never talked about your personal life,” Abbas said.

Abbasi then challenged Khan and asked him if he could buy a complete dinner and tea set from Raja Bazar for Rs30,000. “Did Mohammed bin Salman gift you a Rs30,000 rupee dinner set and tea set?”

Abbasi said: “You are standing on the wrong side of the court.”

After this heated exchange, the court adjourned the hearing. Upon resumption, the PTI chief apologised to Abbasi, which the NAB prosecutor accepted.