Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: A banking court issued an order on Saturday while giving a last chance to the former prime minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan to appear in the prohibited funding case.
According to a private news channel, the banking court Judge Rukhshanda Shaheen issued written order with a warning on the bail request of PTI chairman Imran Khan in the prohibited funding case.
The banking court accepted PTI chief Imran Khan’s plea for exemption from personal appearance for one day and summoned him to include PTI chairman Imran khan and the ex-prime minister in the investigation and he should make sure to appear before the court on the next hearing to be held on January 31.
PTI Chief’s stance against ECP
Earlier during the hearing, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ruling in a prohibited funding case.
The submitted petition stated that the case should be heard on daily basis. The federal investigation authority (FIA) is carrying out operations on the ECP (Election Commission of Pakistan) ruling against the party leaders, the petitioner added.
The case’s First Information Report (FIR) stated that the accused including the former premier Imran Khan violated Foreign Exchange Act and all of the nominated persons were beneficiaries of the private bank account.
It is worth noting that the PTI founding member and former information secretary Akbar S Babar had filed the case in the ECP in November 2014, alleging financial irregularities in PTI’s foreign funding and that it received funds from prohibited sources.
