Asad Qaiser appears before FIA

PTI leader questioned over income, tax

PESHAWAR:

Former speaker national assembly and PTI’s central leader Asad Qaiser appeared before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the prohibited funding case in Peshawar on Wednesday.

He was given a questionnaire in which was asked to provide the details of his personal bank accounts as well as his source of income.

He was asked to provide the main reasons for opening the accounts if he received any transaction from a foreign company. or if the account was declared in the documents submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The questionnaire also inquired who operated the accounts and signed the cheques.

Qaiser was also asked to submit his income tax returns.

He was even asked about the date on which he joined PTI and his main source of income back then and now.

Talking to journalists Asad Qaiser said that he would answer all these questions after consultation with his legal team. He spent 40 minutes at the FIA office.

Qaiser is accused of running two PTI accounts on his name and foreign transactions were recorded in these accounts.

He was sent four notices and he appeared before the FIA to answer these notices where he was asked to answer some questions after which he was handed over a detailed written questionnaire.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 8^th, 2022.