ISLAMABAD: On Monday, the PTI filed a foreign funding case against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in the Election Commission of Pakistan.
An application for it was submitted to the ECP by PTI MNA Farrukh Habib. It says former JUI-F senior leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed admitted in an interview that JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman and other party leaders frequently visited Libya and Iraq and received funding from there.
A transcript of the interview is included in the petition.
PTI MNA Farrukh Habib said, in his petition, that Hafiz Hussain Ahmed confessed that JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman took funds from Libya and Iraq.
Maulana Khan Muhammad Sherani should be called, Habib said, adding that Fazl has to reveal where he got funding from.
The ECP has summoned 19 parties, Habib said, suggesting Fazl should submit receipts to the ECP.
Earlier, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan directed the government spokespersons to expose the Opposition’s propaganda and said that those trying to trap the PTI in the foreign funding case are now trapped themselves.
The directions from the premier came while presiding over a meeting of government officials where they apprised PM Imran of matters related to Broadsheet, the foreign funding case and crackdown on land grabbers.
The government’s position in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) proved to be correct, the prime minister said.