Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday submitted another statement before the top court in response to questions posed during the last hearing in the disqualification case.

Khan, in his nine-page statement contended that there could be no assertion of money laundering against him, adding that the money remitted from abroad was not public fund but the amounts sent by Jamima and the payments made to her out of the sale proceeds of the London flats purchased from the legitimately earned money.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar is hearing the petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader Hanif Abbasi seeking disqualification of PTI chief Imran Khan from being member of the National Assembly.

Revealing the money trail, Khan submitted that the total amount remitted by Jamima Khan for purchase of Banigala property was Rs 40,848,463. The statement stated that an amount of 110,000 US dollars was remitted to Rashid Khan, from his own source but not by Jamima, adding that another $100,029 were remitted by Jamima but was not encashed while no remittance was determined for another $20,000.

He said he had requested Jamima to send her authorization to banks and it would be submitted as received. He added that between 1971 to 1980, he was a non-resident and hence submitted no returns. He said the flat was declared in 2000 and in the nomination form of 2002 to the ECP.