ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court has granted interim bail to PTI Chairman Imran Khan till October 31 on a surety of Rs 100,000 in the prohibited funding case.
The PTI chief’s lawyers had filed a bail application requesting the court to stop the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from arresting Khan.
The move to seek bail from the special court came after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had last week granted anticipatory bail to the PTI chairman in the same case till October 18 (Tuesday) on the condition that Khan appear before the concerned court. Will refer.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan also appeared in the court of Special Judge (Central) Raja Asif Mehmood today.
At the beginning of today’s hearing, Imran Khan’s lawyer argued before the court saying that the issue of jurisdiction is still pending before the IHC.
On this, the judge asked the lawyer to read the FIR. The judge said that the petitioner appeared on the orders of the IHC.
After hearing the arguments, the court granted bail pending the decision of the High Court.
FIA registered a case against Imran Khan.
Last week, the FIA ​​registered a case against Imran Khan and other PTI leaders in the banned funding case as the agency stepped up its investigation into the matter.
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against the former prime minister at the Banking Circle police station of FIA.
In the FIR, the federal agency alleged that the Abraaj Group transferred $2,100,000 to PTI’s account at the bank’s Jinnah Avenue branch in Islamabad.
The Abraaj Group was a private equity firm, operating across six continents, which is currently in liquidation due to allegations of fraud.
Besides, the party received further funding from two bank accounts of Wootton Cricket Club, read the FIR.
The FIA ​​said the manager of the private bank assisted the agency in investigating the questionable transactions.
Apart from Khan, Sardar Azhar Tariq, Tariq Shafi and Younis Amir Kayani have also been named in the FIR. FIA said that the affidavit submitted by businessman Arif Naqvi in ​​ECP is also false.
The FIR also states that the manager of the same bank branch was also named in the case. It added that there were 12 foreign currency transaction reports and suspicious transaction reports which the bank officials were supposed to report to the concerned authorities but failed to do so.
The FIR alleged that the operations manager of the branch also failed to report these illegal transactions to the concerned authorities.
The FIA ​​repeatedly summoned PTI leaders for questioning, but not all of them turned up.
