Rashid asks Khan to return foreign funds, which he secured on ‘false pretenses’
Expresses concern that ECP’s lawyer is siding with PTI
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday asked PTI Chairman Imran Khan to apologise for misleading the nation and return the funds raised from foreign countries on the pretext of overthrowing the then government.
Addressing a press conference flanked by PML-N MNAs Talal Chaudhary and Daniyal Aziz, the minister said Pakistan of today is far better than in 2011 as terrorists are now on the run, economy is growing and power situation is improving.
The minister also presented the video clip of a television talk show in which Imran Khan admitted that he had received funding from abroad through Hundi, which was also a crime.
Rashid said that in light of Khan’ confession, it was the responsibility of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to give its verdict on the PTI’s financial corruption case as soon as possible.
He said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had reservations about ECP’s lawyer, who on Tuesday supported the arguments of PTI’s counsel in the Islamabad High Court.
The minister said that PML-N had always respected the ECP as it was a constitutional institution. The party respected several decisions of the ECP, which were not even given in its favour, he added.
He said that Imran Khan had collected funds for the party from abroad. The way the funds were generated and used was questionable.
A founder member of the PTI had approached the ECP on the matter, but the PTI lawyer had been using delaying tactics in order to avoid the ECP’s verdict, he added.
Now, he said, the PTI had knocked on the door of the high court claiming that the ECP had no jurisdiction to hear the cases of financial corruption. But strangely, Rashid said, PTI’s legal team had never raised this point in two years that the ECP was hearing this case.
“Now Imran Khan is hiding behind the high court as he has failed to give any concrete evidence in his defence at the ECP,” he said.
He expressed reservations over the attitude of ECP’s lawyers in the court and the way they were endorsing the point of view of Imran Khan there. The matter was now before the democratic and peace loving forces, he added.
The minister said that Imran Khan had collected funds in 2011 from abroad claiming that it was imperative to overthrow the then government to save Pakistan. But he failed to dislodge the government, so he should return the money to those who had donated, he added.
He said that Imran Khan had tried to mislead the people by saying that Pakistan’s future was at stake and that the government had to be toppled for saving the country.
Pervez Rashid, A big lier. He is Goebal of the sitting govt.
ha,ha this case is set up both ecp and pml n to black mail imran khan if he raise voice against govt.and ecp they will ban pti on the basis of this planted case.tht show how much ecp is under pml n control. i prefer dictatorship then this sort of democracy.govt has controlled most media groups like express,dunya,geo,etc by bribing their owners,no media channel give coverage to asad umer and ik press conference. where asad umer exposed govt. economic performance.but all show press conference of this idiot.but if ecp gives this decision it will backfire and infact support pti. and prove ecp is working for pml n
Ya Sheikh – apni dekh. No face to comment on APC and BKU incidents.
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