Imran asks recipients of ISI funds to quit politics

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Wednesday that all the persons mentioned in the Supreme Court verdict as having taken funds from the ISI should keep away from politics till they were cleared after an investigation.

He called upon the Election Commission not to allow those politicians to take part in the upcoming election and said such a restraining order should be valid till the outcome of an inquiry by the FIA into the funds the ISI used in the 1990 elections.

Speaking at a press conference at the PTI’s secretariat, he said the FIA chief should directly work under the supervision of the Supreme Court on the issue.

Mr Khan said the FIA should have started an inquiry against Nawaz Sharif several days ago but the government, he claimed, was not ready to launch the probe.

Mr Khan demanded an inquiry into the murder of Justice Munir.

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Ikram Junaidi is a staff correspondent for Dawn with over 25 years of experience. He covers national politics, particularly opposition parties, as well as public health issues.

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Amir Bangash

Nov 15, 2012 05:28am

All those who received money, are otherwise ineligible to contest elections in Pakistan because they have stolen public mandate and national money.

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manghirmalani

Nov 15, 2012 05:17am

He s absolutely right , People who have accepted funds from Army and ISI should be asked to leave politics or should be banned all there life , these monies were donation from USA and UN for poor human beings of Pakistan .

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caramelizedonion

Nov 15, 2012 04:16am

IK, the only person asking the right questions

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Mansoor Sajid

Nov 15, 2012 06:40am

It makes sense that politicians accused of having received money from ISI should be barred from election until proven not-guilty. I wish these politician had the ethical values to having taken such a decision on their own.

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Indusonian

Nov 15, 2012 03:25am

Vote for PTI to build a new Pakistan.

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Cyrus Howell

Nov 15, 2012 03:28am

IK is on the correct side of this issue.

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M Rafique

Nov 15, 2012 05:00am

What about journalists/column writers who have taken the money

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