The Supreme Court was urged on Wednesday to issue directives to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan and Secretary General Jahangir Khan Tareen from Parliament for allegedly evading taxes and non declaration of offshore companies.
Filing a plea against Imran Khan under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution through Mohammad Akram Sheikh, a PML-N parliamentarian, Muhammad Hanif Abbasi made PTI chairman, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), through its chairman, and Chief Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) as respondents.
Abbasi accused Imran Khan of acquiring funds from illegal sources to fund PTIs political including mobilization of party activists to engage in civil disobedience and destruction of state property.
The petitioner further stated that Imran Khan while submitting the requisite certificates to the ECP from 2011 to 2014 declared that no funds were obtained from illegal sources.
Abbasi alleged that Imran Khan has willfully concealed incorporation of an offshore company of which he is a beneficial owner, adding that Khan also intentionally concealed investments made in real estate in Islamabad.
He further accused Imran Khan of involvement in tax evasion as he failed to declare sources of income and expenses and dishonestly concealed his assets. While filing another petition against Jahangir Khan Tareen under the same Article of the Constitution, Abbasi made Federal Board of Revenue thorough its Chairman and Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan through its Chairman as respondents.
Abbasi claimed that Tareen misled the ECP and the FBR by concealing details of his offshore company, and submitted false (overstated) declaration of assets of agricultural income while filing 2010 tax returns and in his nomination papers in 2013.
Abbasi prayed the apex court to refer Jahangir Tareen case to the Commission on Panama papers that is expected to be established.
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