The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Senator Azam Khan Swati in the prohibited funding case.
According to sources the FIA team conducted the raid on the Swati’s house located in Chak Shehzad Farmhouses, Islamabad at 3am on Thursday and arrested him.
The Swati family also confirmed the arrest.
FIA’s Corporate Banking Circle on Tuesday lodged a case against 11 people including the former prime minister Imran Khan in the prohibited funding case.
Later, the Islamabad High Court approved on Wednesday the protective bail application filed by Imran Khan in the prohibited funding case.
In August, a three member bench of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared that the PTI received funding from prohibited sources including foreign nationals and companies in sheer violation of the Constitution and laws. The electoral body named at least 35 non-Pakistani nationals many with Indian origin names and over 350 companies that provided funds to the PTI by 2014.
PTI’s Senator Azam Swati arrested in prohibited funding case
