The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday tossed appeals by PTI Chairman Imran Khan and senior party leader Asad Umar against the hefty fines imposed by the Commission for violating election code of conduct.
The ECP link announced its decision after no one on behalf of Imran Khan link and Asad Umar link appeared before the commission.
It may be noted that despite ECP link directives, Imran Khan link had on March 15 last had visited Swat and addressed a gathering while he was still in office ahead of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s local government elections that were scheduled for March 31. The ECP link had, as a result, imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.