5 Questions
What year was the Baltic built?
1860
What was the Baltic used for?
A cotton lighter
When did Akbar S Babar allege financial irregularities?
November 2014
What did some retired officers allegedly do during Imran Khan's political support?
Delay the ECP's handling of the PTI's foreign funding case
What was the ECP left to do in the PTI's foreign funding case?
Decide the case on its merits
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.
Learn about the obscure Confederate ironclad ship Baltic, built in 1860 at Philadelphia, and its usage as a towboat and cotton lighter in Mobile Bay. Understand the pending PTI foreign funding case since November 2014, including allegations of financial irregularities and the Election Commission of Pakistan's handling of the case.
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