ISLAMABAD: Security has been tightened in the federal capital this morning ahead of the announcement of PTI’s prohibited funding case decision.
A three-member bench of the ECP, headed by Chairman of the commission Sikandar Sultan Raja will announce the decision at 10am today (Tuesday/July2). The commission reserved the decision in this case in June this year.
On Monday evening, Election Commission of Pakistan requested the federal government to ensure a foolproof security of the ECP and its surroundings before the decision is announced.
Hundreds of police and FC personnel have been deployed around the ECP and its surroundings to maintain law and order situation.
On Monday evening, the Commission issued a cause-list in which the announcement of the PTI’s prohibited funding was also mentioned. Thus, after more than seven years delay, the Commission is going to announce the decision today.
The PTI concealed funds worth millions of dollars/rupees from the ECP, the report of an ECP scrutiny committee probing the party’s funds revealed on January 4.
The report stated that the PTI provided “false information” regarding the party’s funding to the ECP. It said that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) bank statement revealed that the party had received Rs1.64 billion in funding.
According to the report, the party did not disclose funding worth more than Rs310 million to the ECP.
The scrutiny committee was formed in 2019 to audit foreign funding received by the PTI.
