Imran Khan's troubles increased, and a case was registered for taking restricted funding from abroad for the party

Posted on 12th Oct 2022 by rohit kumar

The troubles of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan are not taking the name of lessening. In this episode, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday registered a case against the former Prime Minister and senior leaders of his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for allegedly receiving banned funds from abroad. In this regard, Dawn newspaper reported that the case was filed through the Corporate Banking Circle of the FIA ​​in Islamabad. According to a First Information Report (FIR), one Arif Masood Naqvi, who is the owner of Wootton Cricket Limited, 'wrongly' transferred money to a bank account registered in the name of PTI.

 

transfer with the consent of both parties

The complaint filed stated that the instant messages of the transactions stated that the actual nature, origin, location, movement, and ownership of these funds were transferred as agreed. According to the FIR, former leaders of the ruling party have violated the Foreign Exchange Act and have been declared beneficiaries of suspicious bank accounts. The FIR further states that Arif Masood Naqvi is also facing trial for cheating investors in the UK and the US.

 

Case registered against Imran and other party leaders

In the complaint filed, Imran Khan, Sardar Azhar Tariq Khan, Saifullah Khan Nyazi, Syed Yunus Ali Raza, Aamer Mahmood Kiyani, Tariq Rahim Shaikh, Tariq Shafi, Faisal Maqbool Sheikh, Hamid Zaman, and Manzoor Ahmed Choudhary are the signatories or beneficiaries of the PTI account. designated as.

 

Naqvi's affidavit proved to be false

The Election Commission said that PTI submitted an affidavit of Arif Masood Naqvi before the Election Commission of Pakistan, stating that all the amounts collected in the accounts of Wootton Cricket Limited (WCL) were deposited in the accounts of PTI in Pakistan. Was. This affidavit has been proved to be false/forgery as two more transactions were also done from WCL in May 2013 in two different accounts in Pakistan.

 

PTI recovered restricted funds

Last month, the Election Commission in its judgment against PTI in the Prohibited Money case had said that the party had received sanctioned funds. A three-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander (CEC) Sultan Raja said that the party received funds from Wootton Cricket Limited, knowingly and knowingly. The PTI party was a willing beneficiary of the sanctioned funds of USD 21 lakh 21 thousand 500.

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