Setback for Imran Khan, party loses case against foreign funding accusation

PTI received illegal finances and must explain itself, says Election Commission

Opposition leader Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) received illegal funding and should explain why its finances should not be confiscated, said the country’s election commission on Tuesday.

A three-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced its verdict in a case filed by PTI founding member Akbar S Babar in November 2014.

PTI "knowingly and willingly" received funding from Wootton Cricket Ltd, which was operated by the now-jailed business tycoon Arif Naqvi. It was a "willing recipient" of $2,121,500, said the ECP. UAE-based Bristol Engineering Services, Cayman Island-registered E-Planet Trustees, Australia-based Dunpec Limited, UK-based SS Marketing Manchester and a US-based