In order to avoid arrest in the prohibited funding case, former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has approached the Islamabad High Court seeking protective bail on Wednesday. The PTI chairman submitted an application to the Islamabad High Court seeking protective bail in a case registered by the FIA in the prohibited funding case under the Foreign Exchange Act. In his petition, Imran stated that the Federal Investigation Agency lodged a case against him under the Foreign Exchange Act. He pleaded with the court to accept his protective bail plea so that he could appear before the relevant court. Meanwhile, IHC registrar Asad Khan has raised three objections to Imran’s petition saying that the PTI chief did not do his biometric; he attached an unconfirmed copy of the FIR; and how could the petitioner submit his application to the high court before filing it in a special court. The FIA on Tuesday registered a case against 11 people including Pakistan Tehreek Insaf Chairman Imran Khan in the prohibited funding case. The other prominent accused in the case are included: Sardar Azhar Tariq, Saifullah Nyazee, Syed Younis, Amir Kayani, Tariq Shaikh, and Tariq Shafi. According to the First Information Report lodged at the FIA State Bank Circle police station in Islamabad, the PTI had opened an account in a private bank under the title of ‘Naya Pakistan”. The said accused are beneficiaries of the account.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP