ECP says PTI received prohibited funds, issues show-cause

 ECP says PTI received prohibited funds, issues show-cause

ISLAMABAD: According to ARY News, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday announced that the much-anticipated decision in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) issue on illegal funding would be delivered on Tuesday.

In a unanimous decision, the ECP determined that the party had accepted contributions from 34 foreign nationals as well as business magnate Arif Naqvi.

The reserved decision was made by a three-person panel that included Shah Muhammad Jatoi and Nisar Ahmed Durrani under the direction of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja.

Imran Khan filed a false declaration in the PTI case involving unlawful money, according to the ECP. Additionally, the electoral watchdog chose to send a show-cause letter to the PTI asking it to provide justification for why the commission shouldn't seize the monies it received.

Akbar S. Babar, a founding member of PTI, filed the lawsuit, which has been pending since November 14, 2014. Babar had claimed that the party's funding from Pakistan and overseas had been subject to major financial irregularities. Days prior, the ruling coalition, which includes representatives from the Pakistan Democratic Movement, PPP, and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, requested the ECP to announce the case's verdict.