By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial said Friday elections too are a form of accountability, as voters get to hold their representatives accountable at the ballot.
ISPR has termed comments, made over social media by hard-core loyalist of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as “unacceptable and highly condemnable”, asserting the whole nation stood with the institution.
By Ahmer Kureishi
If some of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders expected the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to burn Imran Khan on stake, well, their hopes have not prospered. But if you look at the ruling handed down by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and his two colleagues, you cannot help appreciating a job well done.
The Senate committee chair, who sabotaged proceedings and fled from the session, now faces a vote of no confidence from members.
Citing intel reports, the Interior Minister has voiced fears that the PTI could use Thursday’s protest demo to attack the Election Commission of Pakistan in an attempt to spread chaos.
The mild-mannered former prime minster was a veritable firebrand at today’s presser following the ECP announced its verdict, finding PTI guilty of receiving prohibited funding.
Reading the fine print of the ECP ruling in the prohibited funding case.
The chief spokesman for Khan’s party says the funding in question may have come from abroad, but it all came from overseas Pakistanis.
The crusader who brought the case against PTI pushes for transparency in all parties’ financial matters.
By Ahmer Kureishi
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ruled that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has received funding prohibited under the country’s electoral rulebook.
