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Pakistan: Whistleblower Akbar S Babar asks Imran Khan to step down as PTI’s party chief - ThePrint

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): S Babar, the man who blew the lid off the scam involving inflow of dubious foreign funds into Imran Khan’s political outfit Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has asked the cricketer-turned-politician to set down as party chief following an Election Commission verdict confirming the charges.

Talking to media after the Pakistan Election Commission’s decision, Babar on Tuesday said the decision was an eye-opener as the commission had issued a show-cause to PTI after going through the matter, reported The News International.

“So, I think the time has come to change the PTI leadership. The commission has withstood all pressures, threats and acts of fascism to decide the case on merit and on the basis of evidence,” he maintained.

The petioner in the PTI funding case Imran Khan to resign immediately from the party chairman’s post, reported The News International. Babar had filed the complaint in 2014.

“In my view, Imran Khan is out, now it remains to be decided whether he was clean bowled or out at slip,” said Babar.

Babar demanded that Imran Khan should resign and the PTI should be handed over to its ideological workers, reported The News International.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in its verdict on the “prohibited funding” case, on Tuesday, said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had received the prohibited funds and issued a show-cause notice to PTI.

The Commission found that the donations were taken from 34 countries in fundraising...



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