Pakistan
ECP adjourns PTI foreign funding case as of Wednesday
PTI lawyer Anwar Mansoor presented his arguments in response to the ECP’s scrutiny committee report
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of foreign funding case against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) till Wednesday.
Earlier, PTI lawyer Anwar Mansoor made the statement during the PTI’s foreign funding case at the Election Commission, which was being heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.
Anwar Mansoor presented his arguments in response to the ECP’s scrutiny committee report.
In response to the ECP's scrutiny committee report, he asked whether the funds sent by an overseas Pakistani could be termed "foreign funding".
"If we need a decision on whether foreign funding is not in the interest of the country, then the Supreme Court will rule on it [...] your job is not to look at foreign funding but to analyse whether the funds were illegal. You cannot go further than that," the lawyer told the ECP bench.
At this, the chief election commissioner agreed that the ECP's job was to identify illegal funding and told the PTI lawyer that the body had upgraded its finance wing.
After the PTI lawyer wrapped up the arguments, the CEC adjourned the hearing till 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.