PTI received funds from several suspected individuals, organisations: Fazlur Rehman

Peshawar: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had received funds from several suspected individuals and organisations.

While talking to party office bearers, the JUI-F chief said that scrutiny committee report is an eye opener as Imran Khan hid 53 bank accounts from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),

Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that even slight indications of embezzlement in funds is a serious issue as several suspected individuals and organization provided funds from other countries. “Imran Khan is working and protecting interests of foreign powers who provided funds for the PTI,” he alleged. 

The PDM head also expressed reservations over delay in proceedings of the case. He further said that Imran Khan is not concerned by issues faced by the country and this government is negatively affecting the future of Pakistan.

A day earlier, the Scrutiny Committee formed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to probe the foreign funding case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has revealed that the PTI hid funds worth Rs310 million and 65 accounts. 

In its report submitted to the ECP on Tuesday, the committee said that the PTI did not disclose banks accounts of two banks during 2008-2009 as only 12 out of 77 accounts were revealed. It also revealed that the PTI provided wrong information regarding the gifts. 

As per report of PTI foreign funding case has been made public by the ECP, revealing that the PTI hid funds worth 310 million rupees.

According to the report, the PTI did not disclose the two bank accounts of 2008 and 2009, funds of Rs1.33 billion and 2.2 million were disclosed from 2008 to 2013. “The SBP revealed that the PTI has 65 banks accounts as per the records.”

The report states that in the years 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013, the PTI disclosed donations of Rs1.33 billion to the ECP, provided incorrect information regarding the donations. The SBP statement shows the PTI received donations of Rs1.64 billion.

A report of scrutiny committee has revealed that income and expenses of the party during the period of 2009 to 2013 do not match. “PTI did not disclose banks accounts of two banks during 2008-2009 as only 12 out of 77 accounts were revealed,” it added. 

Furthermore, the cash receipts provided by the audit firm also do not correspond to the bank accounts. As per the report, that during a period of five years the PTI hid funds worth 310 million rupees.

Earlier in the day, the committee formed to scrutinize the PTI accounts presented its report in the Election Commission of Pakistan.

The chief election commissioner was directed to give copies of the report to all the parties, rejecting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) representative request to keep the content secrete till the submission of all the replies.

The chief election commissioner said that he is not in the position of blocking anyone from not making the report public.