ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday has againclarified that open hearing in the foreign funding case would only be heldafter the report of the scrutiny committee.

In another clarification by the ECP, the spokesperson said that thecountry’s supreme electrocal body will hold open hearing in the foreignfunding case after the report of its scrutiny committee.

There are difficulties over holding the opening hearing of the case, thespokesperson said and added that the scrutiny committee is meeting in thepresence of the representatives of the parties.

The spokesperson of ECP, in a statement, urged people to avoid makingunnecessary statements and analysis about the case without any evidence.

The statement after Prime Minister Imran Khan had proposed public hearingin the foreign funding case and said it should be aired live. “Foreignfunding case proceedings should be aired live on TV so that everything isknown to the general public,” the prime minister said while addressing apublic rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.