Pakistan
'Foreign funding': FIA lodges case against Imran Khan, 10 others
Abraaj Group sent money to PTI's account, which was further sent to a bank's Jinnah Avenue branch
Islamabad: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday registered a case against PTI chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders.
According to FIA sources, a case was registered against Imran Khan regarding foreign prohibited funding.
The FIR states that $2.1 million from the Abraaj Group account had been transferred to the PTI's account and that money was sent to a bank's Jinnah Avenue branch.
Sardar Azhar Tariq, Tariq Shafi and Younis Aamir Kayani and PTI's Saifullah Niazi have been named in the FIR.
In the text of the FIR, it has been said that PTI submitted Arif Naqvi's sworn statement to the Election Commission, but Arif Naqvi's sworn statement submitted to the Election Commission is false and fake.
According to the FIR's text, PTI had an account in a private bank which was created in the name of Naya Pakistan.
The case was registered at the FIA Banking Circle police station and the case was registered by the Corporate Banking Circle of FIA.
According to the FIR, the accused violated the Foreign Exchange Act and were the beneficiaries of a private bank account.
Last month, the Election Commisison of Pakistan (ECP) had issued its verdict in the prohibited funding case -- previously referred to as the foreign funding case -- against the PTI, which stated that the party did indeed receive prohibited funding.
A three-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander (CEC) Sultan Raja had announced the verdict in a case filed by PTI founding member Akbar S Babar which had been pending since November 14, 2014.