Foreign funding case against IK: Banking court extends interim bail of two accused

ISLAMABAD: A banking court on Thursday extended the interim bail of two co-accused in the foreign funding case filed against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan till April 14 and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit the charge sheet during the next hearing.

Banking Court Judge Abdul Ghafoor Kakar, while presiding over the hearing, further extended the interim bail of the accused PTI Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Siraj Ahmad and a private bank employee, Faisal Qazi, till April 14.

Special Prosecutor of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wasiq Malik appeared before the court. He informed the court that the challan had been completed and it would soon be submitted before it.

Malik further stated that the agency has included two more accused and one witness in the case. He told the court that the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case will submit a challan at the next hearing.

The court directed the FIA to submit the challan as soon as possible and instructed that arguments on the pre-arrest bail applications be completed at the next hearing.

The court was also informed that the founder of PTI had already been granted bail in the case earlier.

The court adjourned the hearing of the case until April 14.

The FIR against Khan and others was registered on October 6, 2022, under sections 420, 468, 471, 477-A, and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, read with Sections 5 and 23 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, at Police Station Federal Investigation Agency (CBC), Islamabad.

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