Islamabad: Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan (FIA) has identified four employees of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretariat, whose personal and salary accounts were used to receive foreign funding.
News International newspaper reported that the agency said money had been received in the bank accounts of Muhammad Arshad, Tahir Iqbal, Muhammad Rafiq and others. Nauman Afzali,
In the statements of PTI employees, it has been said that they are not going to withdraw the money received in their accounts. Imran Khan According to the report the party’s finance manager.
He said that he would hand over the signed blank check to the finance manager. According to the publication, the FIA found during its investigation that foreign funds were also received in the salary accounts of employees, among other accounts.
The FIA had earlier constituted a six-member team to probe the PTI prohibited funding case.
The probe was conducted by a three-member Election Commission bench of Pakistan that ruled in a unanimous verdict that PTI had received sanctioned funds in a case pending since 2014, reports ARY News.
On 4 August, the Pakistan government decided to file a disqualification reference against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan after the banned funding case was decided and the federal cabinet accepted the recommendation.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said in her press conference that PTI used a total of 16 bank accounts which were not found on record. He alleged that PTI used the donation as party fund and it would be probed.
“For the first time in Pakistan, a political party has been declared as a foreign-funded party. The accounts of PTI Secretariat employees were used for foreign funding,” he said.
Aurangzeb said PTI was declared a ‘foreign funded party’ ECP Verdict according to ARY News.
The commission found that donations were drawn from 34 countries in the fundraising. Geo News reported that these include America, Australia and UAE.
The Election Commission also said that PTI had taken money from an American businessman.
In its decision, the ECP observed ‘unknown accounts’ and said that hiding the accounts is a “violation of the Constitution”.
Further, it was found that PTI Chairman Imran Khan submitted an incorrect nomination Form I.
The ECP decided to issue a show cause notice to PTI to explain why the commission should not forfeit the money received.
As per the publication, the ECP had released the cause list of the case. The cause list revealed that the decision would be announced by a three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, who reached office early in the morning.
News International newspaper reported that the agency said money had been received in the bank accounts of Muhammad Arshad, Tahir Iqbal, Muhammad Rafiq and others. Nauman Afzali,
In the statements of PTI employees, it has been said that they are not going to withdraw the money received in their accounts. Imran Khan According to the report the party’s finance manager.
He said that he would hand over the signed blank check to the finance manager. According to the publication, the FIA found during its investigation that foreign funds were also received in the salary accounts of employees, among other accounts.
The FIA had earlier constituted a six-member team to probe the PTI prohibited funding case.
The probe was conducted by a three-member Election Commission bench of Pakistan that ruled in a unanimous verdict that PTI had received sanctioned funds in a case pending since 2014, reports ARY News.
On 4 August, the Pakistan government decided to file a disqualification reference against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan after the banned funding case was decided and the federal cabinet accepted the recommendation.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said in her press conference that PTI used a total of 16 bank accounts which were not found on record. He alleged that PTI used the donation as party fund and it would be probed.
“For the first time in Pakistan, a political party has been declared as a foreign-funded party. The accounts of PTI Secretariat employees were used for foreign funding,” he said.
Aurangzeb said PTI was declared a ‘foreign funded party’ ECP Verdict according to ARY News.
The commission found that donations were drawn from 34 countries in the fundraising. Geo News reported that these include America, Australia and UAE.
The Election Commission also said that PTI had taken money from an American businessman.
In its decision, the ECP observed ‘unknown accounts’ and said that hiding the accounts is a “violation of the Constitution”.
Further, it was found that PTI Chairman Imran Khan submitted an incorrect nomination Form I.
The ECP decided to issue a show cause notice to PTI to explain why the commission should not forfeit the money received.
As per the publication, the ECP had released the cause list of the case. The cause list revealed that the decision would be announced by a three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, who reached office early in the morning.