PTI denies receiving money from ‘prohibited source’

CJ Anwar Zaheer Jamali has rejected the PML-N leader’s plea to shift the constitutional petition against Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has not acquired any funds from any ‘prohibited source’, its lawyer said in response to a petition filed before the Supreme Court by a PML-N leader.

In his reply, Anwar Mansoor Khan said that “all the money acquired by the PTI is in accordance with the law”.

“The PTI is transparent in its approach and for this reason has disclosed all the funds received in audited accounts,” he said.

“The party strongly refutes claims that it has ever evaded any tax or caused non-declaration of sources of income and expenses.”

It said that the petition had been filed for “specific mala fide purpose and is devoid of merit”. “The family and leaders of the PML-N are facing a petition before the court pertaining to the ownership of offshore companies and assets, filed by the respondent no 2 (Imran Khan) and an attempt to create a case on the face to tarnish his transparent image”.

“It is contended that the petition is not maintainable under Article 184(3) of the Constitution as the answering respondent is a political party duly registered under the Political Parties Order-2002 by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Meanwhile, the three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has rejected the PML-N leader’s plea to shift the constitutional petition against Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen to a larger bench.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2016.