Taking money from foreign companies wasn't illegal in 2012: Imran counters ECP verdict in funding case.

ISLAMABAD -- PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday claimed that PTI was the only party that raised money through political fundraising, unlike other parties (PML-N and PPP) which he said were run by 'mafias'.

In an address to supporters via video link, he said that across the world, political parties raised money by hosting dinners. The PTI chairman explained that the donations during those events were later given to the party.

'Ask these two parties why don't they do this. I will tell you [...] because they know no one will give them money.

'And this is the reason why I kept demanding that all the parties should be investigated together. The nation should know how they raise money,' he said, alleging that ECP's verdict proved that it couldn't see PTI succeeding.

'It is saying that that money raised by overseas Pakistanis is wrong. They are calling it foreign funding,' Imran stated. 'Tell me, if this money is foreign funding, then what about the remittances and the money that is sent for earthquakes and floods?

'The ECP is almost...