Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that his party had reached out to the European Union, Great Britain and Gulf states for assistance to bring back wealth looted from the country.

Addressing the media in the federal capital, he said his party would chalk out a strict policy to curb money laundering. He said PTI chairman Imran Khan in meetings with ambassadors of different countries, including the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Japan and Iran, had sought help in bringing back the money laundered from Pakistan into their respective countries. He said the money used in the purchase of the Avenfield flats also belonged to Pakistanis and his party’s government would bring it back.

Regarding the concerns of the opposition parties on the transparency of the July 25 elections, Chaudhry said they should approach the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

He dismissed the impression that there was any delay in the formationn of government in the Centre and said that the commission was expected to release the official results of the polls on August 7.

“The ECP would then announce successful candidates of reserved seats,” he said, adding that eight more independent candidates had joined the PTI, raising the number of MNAs supporting the party to 177. “We can form the federal government in a week’s time,” he said.

Chaudhry said that unlike the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, his party’s government would not base relations with Pakistan’s neighbours on personal priorities of the party leaders. “Imran has no personal enmity with Nawaz,” he added.

Published in Daily Times, August 5^th 2018.