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Updated 11 Oct, 2022 06:30pm

Foreign funding case registered against Imran Khan, 10 others

A case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan and ten others in the prohibited funding case.

According to the details, a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Corporate Banking Circle.

The FIR mentions that the accused violated the foreign exchange act, adding that the accused were the beneficiaries of a private bank account. The PTI had an account with a private bank, it added.

Sardar Azhar Tariq, Saifullah Niazi, Syed Younis, Tariq Sheikh, Tariq Shafi have been named in this case. The private bank has also been involved in the case.

The FIR stated that a bank account was created in the name of Naya Pakistan, the bank manager allowed to operate the illegal bank account and the $2.1 million were deposited by the Abraaj Group of Companies in the bank account.

The PTI submitted Arif Naqvi s affidavit to the ECP, while the Abraaj Group also deposited money in PTI account, hence, the affidavit is false, the FIR added.

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