What’s new in the Financial Times report, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry asked while reacting to the English daily newspaper which revealed that Pakistani financial bigwig Arif Naqvi financed Imran Khan’s party through exhibition matches at his country estate in the Oxfordshire village of England.
“PTI’s cases do not come either in prohibited or foreign funding,” he told Aaj News. “The information about the Wooten cricket club, which was mentioned in the story, is already available with the Election Commission of Pakistan.”
Fawad had joined the news channel to speak on the English daily newspaper and views of former ECP secretary Kanwar Dilshad, who claimed that there was no difference between prohibited or foreign funding.
The report, which claimed to have the financial documents to substantiate the claim, said the cricket event happened before the 2013 elections in which Imran Khan was a contender.
The London-based daily’s report says that the event was the type of charity fundraiser and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was the ultimate benefactor. It added that fees were paid to Wootton Cricket Ltd, a company owned by Naqvi, that was used to financially support PTI.