Imran Khan dares all to prove he used influence to get Zulfi Bukhari’s name off ECL

[DeadBall]

ISLAMABAD: In his first reaction to the Zulfi Bukhari incident, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday said that he challenges all to prove if he telephoned anyone or used his influence to get his old friend off the Exit Control List (ECL), ARY News reported.

Speaking exclusively to ARY News during a talk show, Imran Khan repeated what his party leaders had earlier said about the incident that he didn’t telephone anyone or even knew about the whole fiasco and it was Zulfi Bukhari himself who followed a “routine procedure” to temporarily remove his name off the no-fly list.

“I challenge all… to prove if I telephoned a single person to get his name off ECL,” said Imran Khan.

He also denied the allegation that he contacted caretaker interior minister Azam Khan to request temporarily remove Zulfi Bukhari’s name off ECL.

About the allegations against Bukhari, the PTI chief said that his friend has all his business in United Kingdom and is not answerable to authorities in Pakistan.

It is pertinent to note here that Zulfi Bukhari flew with Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia on June 11 despite being on the Exit Control List (ECL) for dodging an inquiry by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Zulfi Bukhari is accused of owning offshore companies and having assets beyond his known sources of income and had reportedly dodged several notices from the anti-graft authority.

A letter written by Section Officer ECL to Director General Immigration and Passports said that Ministry of Interior has decided to grant one time permission to Zulfi Bukhari for performance of Umrah.

The permission was reportedly granted within hours after Bukhari was not allowed to fly with Khan for Umrah by FIA and immigration staff.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

And Imran Khan Niazi makes his friend Minister of State.

Zulfi Bukhari who isn’t even a Pakistani.


As per Pak Law a person having dual nationality cannot become member of parliament yet Faisal Vawda has become member of sindh assembly and psycopath CJ Supreme Court is sleeping. And Zulfi made State Minister and SC is sleeping.


Naya Pakistan



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What about Zulfi Bukhari whose name is on ECL and made minister facing probe by NAB on corruption ? U guys can digest someone facing criminal investigations not someone who left <a href="https://twitter.com/VOANews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VOANews</a> job to turn around radio Pakistan. We needed more likes of Murtaza in Radio/ptv. <a href="https://t.co/VRsIR7J8Y0">https://t.co/VRsIR7J8Y0</a></p>— Rauf Klasra (@KlasraRauf) <a href="https://twitter.com/KlasraRauf/status/1045753287381663744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

This is the Supreme Court of Pakistan which disqualified Nawaz Sharif for life not declaring a pay which he had never received under its interpretation of article 62 of constitution.


The same SC removed Siddique ul Farooq and Atta ul Haq Qasmi (both Pakistani) appointed by former PM of Pakistan and now when SC was approached against Zulfi Bukhari’s appointment these joke judges reject the petition.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even a modicum of impartiality would have been appreciated here but I guess we're faaar out in the open now. <br><br>SC rejects petition challenging Zulfi Bukhari’s appointment -<a href="https://t.co/BoqwnvFN0n">https://t.co/BoqwnvFN0n</a></p>— Abid Hussain (@abidhussayn) <a href="https://twitter.com/abidhussayn/status/1045988922701090816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Registrar says PM can't be made respondent as exercise of powers protected by Article 248

Previous PMs of Pakistan were in fact PMs of Lesotho, and hence Article 248 wasn't applicable to them



https://tribune.com.pk/story/181424...-appointment/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ANP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ANP</a> asks CJ to take notice of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZulfiBukhari?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ZulfiBukhari</a> appointment <a href="https://t.co/wLUawwt7W5">https://t.co/wLUawwt7W5</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PuppetPM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PuppetPM</a>’s ATMs, friends & relatives appointed as ministers, advisers & special assistants - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GayaPakistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GayaPakistan</a></p>— Bushra Gohar (@BushraGohar) <a href="https://twitter.com/BushraGohar/status/1043012400494993410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari has sent a Rs1 billion defamation notice to PML-N stalwart Khawaja Asif over allegations that the PM's aide used his influence to allow pilgrims from Iran to return to the country via Taftan without fulfilling proper requirements.

In the notice, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, Bukhari outlines that Asif — while speaking to the media outside the Supreme Court on March 17 — had alleged that the he (Bukhari) "was responsible for allowing a flood of Zaireen [to enter Pakistan] from Iran without any quarantine or isolation as required by law and social responsibility norms".

"You have essentially blamed me for the spread of the coronavirus," Bukhari says in his notice, adding that Asif later tweeted that those responsible for the Covid-19 deaths in the country were Prime Minister Imran Khan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and Zulfiqar Bukhari.

"By making and disseminating these defamatory statements [...] you have inevitably injured my standing both at home and abroad. [The allegations] are likely to cause me financial loss, but also risk me being stigmatised and shunned in social circles," the statement reads.

Bukhari has directed Asif to "withdraw, recall and retract the defamatory imputations", in addition to making a public apology "to be broadcast and disseminated prominently" and "post the same on all online platforms and websites on which the [allegations] were posted".

The notice also called for Asif to publish a contradiction to the defamatory statement and imputation. "setting out the correct, factual position".

A failure to do all three within 14 days will result in Bukhari filing for defamation suits worth Rs1 billion against Asif and others, it adds.

Earlier, Asif had said that his lawyer would respond to Bukhari’s legal notice once he received it.

Speaking to Dawn, the PML-N leader had said it was not just him who was making the allegations against Bukhari. "The whole country is now saying this," he said.

“Even one of his [Bukhari’s] relatives has made the statement ,” Asif had added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1544983/z...o-pml-ns-khawaja-asif-over-taftan-allegations