PTI Italy
Pakistan: PTI Italy members paid fee through stolen credit cards
Milan: Several members of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Italy have allegedly paid the party’s annual membership fee through stolen credit cards.
The overseas chapter of the party after verification of the fraudulent financial transactions blocked the membership of those workers but kept the money and refused to refund it, reports The News International.
Documents available with The News reveal that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had 4,389 registered members in Italy who paid €36 each as annual party membership fee for 2021-22.
The annual membership during the process generated €158,004 party funds.
However, during the membership drive, the party leadership received complaints of fraudulent transactions. Owing to these complaints and some other matters, the intra-party elections were postponed in Italy, the newspaper reported.
In its official response to The News queries, the head of PTI’s finance department in the UK informed that normally it takes seven days to approve the payment made through a credit card but contrary to these claims it took seven months for the party to block the membership of the workers allegedly involved in the financial fraud.
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