The leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have claimed that Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan is running away from his accountability over offshore companies and collecting funds for his party from abroad. Addressing a news conference here on Thursday, Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that PTI should now answer to the Supreme Court about charges of foreign funding to the party instead of getting disturbed and raising hue and cry over the issue.

He said the PML-N was dragged in multiple cases during Panama Papers case proceedings but it never hesitated to face any court proceedings, while on the contrary Imran Khan is hiding his offshore companies and refusing to own Niazi service limited. He said the trial should be the same as PML-N has gone through, so that public should come to know what reality is.

PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz said offshore companies were established in several countries, including the United States, and the PTI leadership has admitted collection of funds from the supporters of Pakistan's enemies. He said funds were transferred from California to Islamabad, which will be proved in the court. Daniyal Aziz said Imran Khan also misrepresented himself in the Election Commission by hiding his offshore company titled Niazi Services Limited.

Responding to a question, he said notification regarding Dawn Leaks is as per the recommendations mentioned by the Consensus Committee in para 18. Parliamentary Secretary for Information Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha said Imran Khan should answer the foreign funding charges and prove money trail in the Supreme Court. He said PML-N could have challenged the maintainability of the Panama papers case but it faced the trial.

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