FIA gets access to Imran Khan’s signatory accounts not declared with ECP

Islamabad (HRNW) The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) teams investigating PTI’s foreign funding have obtained records of two accounts that the party concealed from the Election Commission of Pakistan in violation of the Constitution and the law. Both accounts were opened at the request of PTI Chairman Imran Khan and he was among the people who operated them.

The accounts —located at a private sector Islamabad bank — were allegedly used for receiving foreign funding.

The development comes a day after the FIA obtained records of four other benami accounts opened in the name of PTI’s employees, Muhammad Arshad, Tahir Iqbal, Muhammad Rafique, and Nauman Afzal. The said employees have reportedly recorded their statements before the FIA officials saying they did not know the source of funding received in their accounts.

The FIA opened a probe into PTI’s foreign funding on Friday almost a week after an ECP ruling established that the PTI received funding from prohibited sources including at least 34 foreign nationals and 351 companies and that it operated benami accounts.

The agency formed five investigation teams to collect data and record statements in various cities. These teams are led by a main team in Islamabad.