IHC rejects FIA's plea to cancel Imran's bail in funding case.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) plea to cancel the bail of PTI chief Imran Khan in the prohibited funding case.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri conducted the hearing on the plea on Wednesday, reported media.

The court also rejected the request to cancel the bail of co-accused Tariq Shafi.

The FIA had filed an application in the IHC on Feb 28 against the banking court's decision to grant bail to the PTI chief and appealed the court to annul the decision as it was 'against the law'.

During today's hearing, FIA Special Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi argued that Imran Khan has not yet been interrogated by the agency in the case, asking the court to cancel his bail.

IHC Chief Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani asked if money laundering allegations in the FIR were against Arif Naqvi and Imran Khan or Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was the recipients of the funds.

The FIA counsel said that Imran Khan in a recent interview admitted that he received funds for charity purposes but used them for political activities.

Justice Kayani inquired that if the money was used by a political party then how it became personal belonging. The FIA ??lawyer said it was a crime to send charity money through someone else's foreign account.

Justice Kayani asked the FIA counsel to submit the letter of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) that the investigation agency received during the investigation. 'You did not include the employee of the State Bank in the investigation. Changing the name of a bank account is not a crime...