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Journalist. NatSec in MENA. War correspondent: Lebanon 2006, Iraq 1995-2003. Gulf. Iran. Pakistan. My opinions here are strictly personal.

Jan 21, 2023, 7 tweets

Ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan admits he illegally diverted $3 million that Pakistanis gave him for a hospital into a real estate project, confirming reports that swirled for 30 yrs of charity funds abuse & strengthening probe into his fundraisers in #UK+#UK. /1

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In July 2022, while investigating his link to Arif Naqvi of Abraaj Group, the Financial Times @FT unearthed a case of a fundraiser in #UK for a hospital in #Pakistan whose funds were illegally diverted to support #ImranKhan's election campaign.
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Ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan has been investigated for charity fundraising fraud outside #Pakistan, and was once stopped at an airport and questioned for possible financial irregularities. /3

Correction: Charity funds abuse probe against #ImranKhan in the #US and the #UK. /4

#ImranKhan and #PTI are playing the sympathy card for the cancer hospital to deflect legitimate questions raised over Khan's mishandling of donations, diverting them for profiteering & political expenses. Nobody disparaged the hospital. Khan's mishandling is the issue here. /5

When #Pakistan's economy went down, #ImranKhan charities went up, while he was in power:
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