ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the decision of a single bench to pronounce judgment in the PTI foreign funding case within 30 days.
Chief Justice of the High Court Athar Minallah heard the PTI’s petition against the Election Commission in the illicit funding case.
“Our accounts have been scrutinized for a long time. We have requested the ECP to scrutinize the accounts of other parties as well, but the ECP has been slow in handling cases against other parties,” the PTI lawyer said. It is going on, the Election Commission is showing impartiality with us.
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The court attached the PTI’s petition with today’s appeal in which the PTI has challenged the High Court’s order to the Election Commission to decide the foreign funding case within 30 days.
Later, a division bench of the Islamabad High Court heard the PTI’s appeal against the decision of the single bench. The PTI lawyer argued that the decision of the single bench was not in accordance with the law. The bench also used terms like “Face the Music”. Used foreign funding even though the case before the Election Commission is not foreign funding but prohibited funding? It was not the prerogative of the single bench to order the Election Commission to take a decision within 30 days.
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The Chief Justice said that according to the law, the Election Commission would scrutinize the accounts of political parties every year. If the prohibited funding is proved, it should be confiscated by the Commission. If the documents of Akbar S. Babar are not verifiable then what action is being taken now? You are saying that the same action should be taken against all political parties.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for 30 days. The court issued notices to 17 political parties including PML-N, PPP, Election Commission, Akbar S. Babar and other parties and sought reply by May 17.
