On Thursday, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that proceedings ofscrutiny committee in PTI foreign funding case cannot be broadcasted.
Spokesperson of ECP, in a statement, urged people to avoid makingunnecessary statements and analysis about the case without any evidence.ECP further said that decision in the foreign funding case will be taken onmerit without any fear and pressure.
ECP said the scrutiny committee will present its comprehensiverecommendation to the commission after taking stock of all the aspects.Earlier Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that foreign fundingcase must be opened and challenged to broadcast case proceedings live ontelevision.
Talking to media in Waziristan, he said that the foreign funding caseshould be heard in the presence of party leaders. He said that politicalfundraising was done only by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),while the country is run on the remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis.
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Imran Khan said that Shaukat Khanum’s funding came from overseasPakistanis. “These (opposition) parties and I know what foreign funding is.A number of countries gave funds to these parties. I cannot name thosecountries because of the relations,” he added.
