Pakistan: FIA opens inquiry against Imran

Islamabad, April 13 : Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has opened an inquiry against former prime minister Imran Khan after a complaint was made against him accusing him of selling an expensive necklace to a jeweler and depositing a few hundred thousand rupees in the national exchequer, Express tribune reported on Wednesday. According to reports, the expensive necklace which was gifted was sold to a jeweler through the former minister’s special assistant, Zulfikar Bukhari. Experts said the necklace which was sold for Rs180 million and then a few hundred thousand rupees were deposited into the national exchequer by Khan was an illegal act and hence an inquiry has been initiated against him. ACL1250