PHC stops FIA from probing Asad Qaiser in prohibited funding case

The anti-corruption watchdog had summoned the PTI chief for questioning him immediately, however he refused to look earlier than the physique as he had challenged their determination to summon him a day earlier.

In a brief order issued after immediately’s listening to, the courtroom prohibited the anti-corruption watchdog from investigating the ex-NA speaker until the following listening to.

The courtroom, within the order, requested the FIA what have been the instructions that the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) has issued to the physique relating to the probe.

The PHC requested the FIA whether or not the federal authorities requested it to probe the PTI leaders. It additionally requested the FIA whether or not the probing underneath the Political Events Order 2022 comes underneath the ambit of the physique.

The excessive courtroom additionally requested the FIA whether or not the summoning of the previous NA speaker was primarily based on “malintent or whether or not it was politically influenced”.