Akbar S. Babar is a Pakistani politician. Akbar S Babar claims himself as one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ( پاکستان تحریک انصاف)

Early life

Babar hails from

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. He is a civil engineer by profession, while his father Abdul Majeed Babar is a retired lieutenant colonel in the

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. Before joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, he started his professional career as a Project Director at

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in 1992. After leaving the job, he worked for some time in

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projects in

and after that he started a

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in the social sector.

Political career

In the general elections held in 1997, he contested the National Assembly election from Chagai District of Balochistan in which he got around 1500 votes. Babar has also served as the Information Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

Expulsion from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

In 2011 party had expelled Babar and revoked his membership, following all legal procedures.

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Babar had filed a petition in 2014 against the irregularities in party funds of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

in the

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, on which the Scrutiny Committee of ECP conducted 96 hearings in the court. Babar had alleged that lakhs of dollars were transferred to PTI's bank accounts through two offshore companies and PTI kept these bank accounts secret from the Election Commission. On 2 August 2022, the Election Commission of Pakistan has said in its decision that the allegations of taking prohibited funds from abroad against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party of former Prime Minister

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have been proved. The Election Commission has issued a show-cause notice to PTI as to why these funds should not be confiscated and at the same time has announced to send the matter to the federal government. Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced to challenge this decision in court. Addressing a press conference, PTI's central spokesperson dismissed the objections, saying they lacked any legal standing due to his departure from PTI thirteen years ago.

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