ECP issues contempt notice to Imran Khan

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ECP issues contempt notice to Imran Khan
IFTIKHAR A. KHAN — UPDATED about 2 hours ago
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued a contempt notice to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan over his scandalous remarks about the commission.

On a contempt petition filed by PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar, the ECP has summoned Mr Khan to appear before it on Feb 21 to explain his contemptuous remarks accusing the ECP of being biased against the PTI in the foreign funding case.

Mr Khan’s counsel did not turn up to represent him in the foreign funding case that was fixed for Monday.

This case too was filed in November 2014 by Mr Babar alleging serious corruption in managing PTI donations received from ‘illegal’ foreign sources.



A full bench of the ECP headed by Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza is hearing the case.

The ECP had asked the PTI to submit all documents, including bank statements of PTI employees in whose accounts money was received allegedly from illegal sources. The documents sought include registration of two offshore companies in the US which were used to collect and transmit over $3 million to Pakistan in the PTI accounts.

In April 2015, the ECP after scrutiny had found no traces of these funds in the PTI audit reports submitted before it.

Mr Babar informed the commission that Mr Khan had accused the ECP of being biased in the foreign funding case following which his counsel had tendered an apology with the commission. He said the PTI chairman in a TV interview said that his counsel had tendered an apology in his personal capacity and that he had not apologised.

Later, talking to reporters Mr Babar regretted that the leader who gave lectures on morality was continuously trying to evade the process of law. He said if he had not done anything wrong, why he was reluctant to produce the required documents.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA Danyal Aziz pointed out that PTI leader Ishaq Khakwani was on record to have stated that the junior counsel of the PTI tendered an apology to the ECP.

Both the foreign funding case and contempt case will be heard on Feb 21 now.

Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2017


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[IceCold]

This ECP is farce and they can shove the contempt notice up theirs where the sun does not shine.

 

[Jzaib]

ECP is mouth piece of Nawaz Sharif . all institutions are made incompetent and corrupt by this family

 

[Trango Towers]

ECP may be a farce but Imuran khan is like a whining woman. In bed with zardari. He needs to grow up.

Before anyone says anything NS is a donkey just like all the politicians globally

 

[Musafir117]

ECP is mouth piece of Nawaz Sharif . all institutions are made incompetent and corrupt by this family

The thing is that PTI did nothing to change the system The system is corrupt which allow soft side to do corruption. We will See in few months same PTI will sit down with Pmln and ppp to set a care take govt and same ECP with new faces run the elections. Again 5 years for cry?

 

[Naheed Janjua]

unfortunately in Pakistan all institutions are politicised and corrupt individuals only think for themselves and not the country... no better expected from the ECP

 

[IceCold]

ECP may be a farce but Imuran khan is like a whining woman. In bed with zardari. He needs to grow up.

Ik is in bed with Zardari? That's a new one because everyone knows who is really in bed with Zardari and co and its certainly not Ik.

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

Ecp the same ecp which give us zardari and noora .

 

[Trango Towers]

Ik is in bed with Zardari? That's a new one because everyone knows who is really in bed with Zardari and co and its certainly not Ik.

IK said He will work with zardari to oust NS. Read the news.
To be honest all PAkistani politicians are stupid ignorant and self centred. IK fly around in large helicopter. Where is the money coming from yet he points fingers at other thieves

 

[IceCold]

IK said He will work with zardari to oust NS. Read the news.
To be honest all PAkistani politicians are stupid ignorant and self centred. IK fly around in large helicopter. Where is the money coming from yet he points fingers at other thieves

That does not make IK in bed with Zardari. Learn the difference before commenting. I dont care what IK flies around since he does not hold any public office, moreover he pays his tax. What i care about is where NS got the money to buy flats in london and build steal mills? Why because NS happens to hold the highest public office in Pakistan and for the third time. Again learn the difference before you start comparing the two.

 

[wali87]

Good question.. that always makes me wonder, where is ik getting the money to afford all these plane rides, heli rides, fuel for all these new v8s etc. nawaz's father was quite well off even before nawaz got in into politics back in late 70s. Just a fact, not that I have any sympathies for the gunjas,

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

A bit late by the Election comission its 3 years after election , they should seek chulu bhar pani and doob marain inside it

 

[Cash GK]

thing is that you will liv in fools haven all your blody life

 

[SBD-3]

Its Akbar S Babar vs Imran Khan in ECP. But Imran seems to havent had the courage to show up and smash Akbar's claim and hiding behind the victimization card.

 

[Verve]

The thing is that PTI did nothing to change the system The system is corrupt which allow soft side to do corruption. We will See in few months same PTI will sit down with Pmln and ppp to set a care take govt and same ECP with new faces run the elections. Again 5 years for cry?

And does PTI have the power to carry out electoral reforms? Is another dharna or street protests required to force the government to bring in electoral reforms, and even carry out the census that it has failed miserably to do?

Ridiculous that people like you shift the blame on someone who has no real legislative powers to bring in the so-called change in the system. Disgraceful!