ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s former ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has decidedto file a ‘judicial reference’ against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)Sikander Sultan Raja and other members of the Election Commission ofPakistan (ECP) for ‘violating code of conduct’.
PTI leadership met under the chairmanship of Imran Khan and expressed theirconcerns over the meeting between members of the Election Commission ofPakistan (ECP) and a government delegation.
PTI chief reportedly directed his legal team to initiate the process offiling the reference against the Chief Election Commissioner and ECPmembers for meeting a delegation of the ruling alliance and discussing theprohibited funding case with them.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said a meeting was held between the top electoralwatchdog members and the incumbent government while he termed it a ‘grossviolation of electoral rules’.
Senior PTI leader, who is also a law expert, was referring to the meetingbetween the ECP and a delegation of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), PPPand Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan in which the politicians urged theECP to release the verdict in the prohibited funding case.
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The former PM has previously criticized Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)Sikandar Sultan Raja, accusing him of bias and siding with the rulingPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The development comes as *Financial Times *sparked new pandora, reportingthat the former ruling party directly benefited from foreign funding.
