ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership has rejected the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) verdict in the prohibited funding case anddecided to challenge the ruling, besides upholding a peaceful protest calloutside the electoral body office.
PTI leaders responded after party chairman Imran Khan presided over themeeting in which leadership decided not to come under any pressure.
Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said PTI followed the criteriaand submitted all the evidence to come clean. He added that ECP’smuch-awaited verdict revealed that there was no foreign funding case.
Taking a jibe at the ruling alliance, Qureshi demanded action againstparties who received funding from former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden andLibya.
On another another hand, the former federal minister and close aide ofImran Khan, Asad Umar, dared ECP to publicize the account details of PTI onits website, including those of PML-N and PPP.
He said ECP violated the Supreme Court’s verdict, as they mentioned falseaffidavit of party chief.
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The development comes as several ruling alliance leaders lambasted theformer ruling party after Election Commission verdict. Sharif-led federalgovernment also decided to put the names of PTI leaders on the Exit ControlList.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the coalition government and PDM leaders iscurrently underway at the Prime Minister’s House which was attended by PMShehbaz Sharif, PDM Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, PPP Chairman BilawalBhutto Zardari, Maryam Nawaz and members of allied parties.
ECP earlier today announced its long-awaited verdict, saying PTI received’prohibited funds’ from 34 foreign nationals and 351 companies basedoutside the country.
It also issued show cause notice to the Imran Khan-led party after theunanimous verdict which was reserved in June this year.
