FIA Karachi summons Imran Khan in money laundering case

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Saturday summoned PTI Chairman Imran Khan for investigation in a money laundering case, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

According to the sources, Imran Khan has been asked to appear before the investigation team at FIA's Karachi office on October 31 (Monday) at 2 pm.

Imran Khan is accused of taking Rs 5.62m from Tariq Shafi's account to PTI’s account.

It is pertinent that the FIA launched its probe against the PTI in August this year after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared in its verdict that the party had received illegal funding.

The sources said that FIA Banking Circle registered a case against Khan and other PTI leaders in connection with prohibited funding received by his party on October 5.

As per the FIR, the Abraaj Group of Arif Naqvi allegedly transferred $2.1 million to the PTI account in the branch of a bank situated at Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad.

The FIA alleged that the Imran Khan-led party also received funds from two bank accounts of Wotan Cricket Club.

The FIA has also booked Sardar Azhar Tariq, Tariq Shafi, and Younis Aamir Kiyani in the same case. It also stated that Arif Naqvi submitted a fake affidavit to the ECP in a prohibited funding case.

Some officials of the bank branch have also been named in the FIR over failing to report the authorities concerned about suspicious transactions related to PTI.

During the inquiry, it was established that $557,000 were transferred from the Walton Cricket Limited account to Tariq Shafi's account at a foreign bank branch in Karachi.

This amount was received in the Karachi bank account on May 7, 2013 and transferred from the same account to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf's private bank account in Islamabad on May 8.

In the same account of Tariq Shafi, $1.84 million dollars was received from companies registered in the British Virgin Islands.

All the transactions were done in collusion between various companies and individuals in violation of the 1947 Act,

The accused are also accused of concealing the true nature, location, movement and ownership of funds.