ISLAMABAD: The day after the Financial Times published the investigative report how PTI provided funds through cricket matches organized under the management of a company owned by Abraaj Group founder Arif Naqvi, PML-N leader Muhammad Zubair said. on Saturday it was the moment for party chief Imran Khan to “clean up” the accounting department for his party means and challenge story in court.
Speaking at a press conference, Zubair also called on Supreme Court accept suo motu notice and summon Imran in eight-year- a long case of prohibited funding, of which F.T. story was “small part”.
Zubair’s statements latest in line of criticism of PTI over Prohibited Funding Case and Order Requirements coalition for case closure.
The Prohibited Funding Case, formerly known as the Foreign Funding Case, was filed by Akbar S. Babar and has been pending since November 14, 2014. Babar, who was one of the founders of PTI but no longer affiliated with it’s supposedly serious financial violations in in party funding from Pakistan and abroad.
ESP reserved its verdict in a business last month.
Theft on Friday published story Simon Clark – Author of “Key Man”, a book exposing supposedly illegal deals of business tycoon Arif Naqvi is a revelation how funds raised for charity cricket matches Was used for in rise of PTI.
Report says fees were paid to Wootton Cricket Ltd, which, despite its name, in fact a company registered in the Cayman Islands, owned by Naqvi and money used to fund PTI.
This led to a resumption of calls for conclusion of case of prohibited funding, as leaders from the ruling coalition stormy criticism on Imran and PTI.
Among them was Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who tweeted: “Can this get more curse? Charade of The Financial Times exposed self-proclaimed honesty and righteousness. story which details the flow of foreign funding in PTI bank Accounts. Imran Niazi – bunch of massive contradictions, lies and hypocrisy.”
prime minister also dared Imran to sue for defamation against FT”for publication of an accusatory article.
Referring to the Prime Minister’s tweets, Zubair said during today’s press conference that he echoes Prime Minister Shehbaz’s calls. for Imran “report for [his party’s financing] here and do it against FT”.
“Submit a case and everything will be out in open, he added.
Further Commenting on theft story Zubair said it was just a story how illegal money collected for charity, was directed and transferred to the PTI account. And it wasn’t even announced.
According to him, now Imran and the entire leadership of PTI has an opportunity.
“If you are want continue to pose as the most honest, file a libel suit against FT and get an apology. And if they (FT) don’t apologize, file a case against them in British court, he repeated.
Previously in at a press conference, the leader of the PML-N expressed regret that the case of prohibited funding was facing delays just because Imran and others of the PTI manual was not ready”give answers.”
He added what in 2014 when former PTI member Babar filed a lawsuit, he submitted “very clear proof” against in party with all relevant details, including all declared and undeclared sources of financing.
“Imran Khan claims to be the most honest, he speaks with higher pedestal, pointing fingers at others and blaming them of evasion accountabilityZubair continued. “We say, if you’re the most honest, explain yourself.”
But, as he claimed, Imran was involved in obstruction of a case for years. “Heat times appeals to the Supreme Court and others times to the Supreme Court and get decision [in his favour]or he is maneuvering to stop the proceedings in the ECP.”
“It’s been eight years now,” he said, adding that new article will pop up in in media telling stories every other day of alleged prohibited PTI funding.
PML-N leader said that Imran was speaking to the nation for years that Pakistan could not progress because there were different laws for Rich and poor calling for holding anyone facing charges are responsible.
“Yes, these are two different laws,” Zubair said, adding that the law was different. for in people and “the privileged Imran Khan, also commonly referred to as laadla (blue-eyed boy).”
He left on to criticize Imran, saying that the head of PTI refuses to report for finance in prohibited funding case.
“There is a clear financial violations,” he stressed, recalling that when Imran took government as prime minister in 2018, he committed to initiate the process of accountability from myself and my team.
“Where accountability now?” he asked how he went on to list several occasions of financial violations against Imran and other PTI leaders.
