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What year was the Baltic built?
What year was the Baltic built?
What was the Baltic used for?
What was the Baltic used for?
When did Akbar S Babar allege financial irregularities?
When did Akbar S Babar allege financial irregularities?
What did some retired officers allegedly do during Imran Khan's political support?
What did some retired officers allegedly do during Imran Khan's political support?
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What was the ECP left to do in the PTI's foreign funding case?
What was the ECP left to do in the PTI's foreign funding case?
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Study Notes
- Baltic was built in 1860 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Little is known about her, and naval historian Saxon Bisbee describes her as "one of the most obscure Confederate ironclads".
- She was used as a towboat and as a cotton lighter in Mobile Bay off the Gulf of Mexico.
- PTI case pending since Nov 2014 when founding member Akbar S Babar alleged gross financial irregularities.
- Some retired officers during their days of Imran Khan’s political support had ‘managed’ delay in the Election Commission of Pakistan’s handling of PTI’s foreign funding case.
- However, the source insisted that there was no pressure on the ECP to decide the foreign funding case against the PTI as is alleged by Imran Khan.
- Later, the ECP was left on its own to decide the case on its merits.
- The PTI’s foreign funding case has been pending since November 2014 when the party’s founding member Akbar S Babar alleged gross financial irregularities in the party’s funding from both Pakistan and abroad.
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Explore the history of the obscure Confederate ironclad Baltic, built in 1860, and its use as a towboat and cotton lighter. Delve into the details of the PTI foreign funding case, including allegations of financial irregularities and the handling by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
