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Slugfest at ECP ahead of PDM protest
Opposition parties, ruling PTI accuse each other of receiving illegal funds from abroad
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ISLAMABAD:
Representatives of three major political parties – the ruling PTI as well as the PML-N and the PPP – on Monday appeared before a scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), as the ruling and opposition parties accused each other of receiving illegal funds from abroad.
Interestingly, the scrutiny committee meeting took place a day before the 11-party opposition alliance – the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – is scheduled to protest outside the ECP office against the alleged delay in a foreign funding case originally filed against the PTI.
ECP asks panel to expedite funding probe
Orders Punjab to submit schedule of LG polls in 15 days
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ISLAMABAD:
The country’s polls supervisory body has ordered a scrutiny committee to expedite its probe into alleged foreign funding of three major political parties of the country.
The scrutiny committee on Wednesday briefed an Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) meeting, presided over by Chief Election Commission Sikander Sultan Raja and attended by ECP provincial members, ECP Secretary Dr Akhtar Nazir Warraich and Punjab secretary local governments about the progress made so far on the issue.
According to sources, the ECP expressed concern over delay in the process of scrutiny.