ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has filed a plea against the Islamabad High Court’s ruling over the foreign funding case in the Supreme Court.
During the hearing, the petition filed by the prime minister stated that the IHC in its verdict termed Akbar S. Babar, the petitioner was a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party (PTI).
According to Imran Khan, the party had no link with the petitioner, Akbar S Babar since 2011.
Imran Khan notified that Babar had informed him in an email that was parting from the PTI party.
Khan said that Babar was not part of the PTI funding case. The IHC didn’t take into account the decision of the Supreme Court, he added.
Imran Khan has appealed to the court in the plea to declare the Islamabad High Court’s decision with regard to Babar’s membership of PTI as null and void.
The case was filed on 14th November 2014 by Akbar S. Babar, after he developed differences with the PTI chief over internal corruption and abuse of laws governing political funding.
The petitioner alleged that nearly $3 million in illegal foreign funds were collected through two offshore companies, registered under Imran Khan’s signature, and that money was sent through illegal channels from the Middle East to accounts of PTI employees.
He also alleged that the foreign accounts used to collect funds were concealed from the annual audit reports submitted to the ECP.
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