ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Iftikhar Rasool Ghumman, a former aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan, for his alleged involvement in the money laundering.
The FIA claimed that it busted a network involved in the money laundering as it arrested two more members of what it said “money laundering gang”. The agency said that the gang based in Lahore was transferring money abroad through the illegal means.
“Qaisar Mushtaq and Asim Hussain have been arrested on charges of the money laundering in Lahore,” said the sources privy to the development.
The FIA officials said that they uncovered a network had been using over 40 fake companies and claimed that Ghumman along with Qaisar Mushtaq and Asim Hussain.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, however, reacted to the development, saying that it is highly condemnable. The party rejected the allegations levelled by the FIA against its leader. It said that Ghumman was running an established translation business.
The then authorities issued a notification [No CS/CO/CO/078/2020] was issued with the signature of the PTI chief organizer Saifullah Khan Nyazee on September 30, 2020.
Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan condemned the arrest by terming it “London Plan”—the plan he alleged was made by PML-N Supremo to crush his party.
Fawad Chaudhary, senior vice-president of the PTI, also condemned the arrest, saying that such actions were being taken against the PTI leaders and workers. He said Ghumman was “abducted in a fake case”, saying that the situation highlighted the ongoing political turmoil and tensions between the ruling PTI and opposition parties in Pakistan.
