Imran Khan booked by Pak's federal probe company over misuse of funds: Report | World News

The Federal Investigation Company (FIA) has reportedly booked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, together with its chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a prohibited funding case. The celebration’s monetary workforce and a supervisor of a non-public financial institution have been additionally booked within the case, native media experiences mentioned.

In response to an article revealed by Daybreak.com, the case was filed via the FIA’s Company Banking Circle in Islamabad. A primary data report (FIR) within the case mentioned Arif Masood Naqvi — the proprietor of the Wooton Cricket Restricted — transferred “ill-gotten” cash to an account of United Financial institution Restricted (UBL) registered underneath the title of the Khan's celebration.

The criticism named Imran Khan, Sardar Azhar Tariq Khan, Saifullah Khan Nyazee, Syed Yunus Ali Raza, Aamer Mehmood Kiani, Tariq Rahim Sheikh, Tariq Shafi, Faisal Maqbool Shaikh, Hamid Zaman and Manzoor Ahmad Chaudhary as signatories/beneficiaries of the celebration's account in query.

“The aim said within the swift messages of the transactions is ‘agreed switch’ to disguise the true nature, origin, location, motion and possession of those funds," the criticism learn.

In response to the FIR, leaders of the celebration had violated the International Change Act and so they have been declared as beneficiaries of suspicious financial institution accounts.

The FIR additional mentioned Naqvi was additionally dealing with trials in the UK and the US defrauding buyers, a report by information company PTI learn.

“PTI submitted an affidavit of Arif Masood Naqvi earlier than the Election Fee of Pakistan stating therein that each one the quantities collected within the accounts of WCL have been submitted into PTI’s account in Pakistan. This affidavit has been proved to be false/cast as two extra transactions have been additionally created from WCL to 2 totally different accounts in Pakistan in Could 2013,” the FIR mentioned.

Final month, the Election Fee in its verdict within the prohibited funding case in opposition to PTI said that the celebration did certainly obtain prohibited funding.

A 3-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander (CEC) Sultan Raja famous that the celebration “knowingly and willfully” obtained funding from Wootton Cricket Restricted. The celebration was a “prepared recipient” of prohibited cash of USD 2,121,500, it mentioned.

(With inputs from businesses)