Islamabad (HRNW) The Islamabad High Court has suspended on Thursday an IHC single-bench order directing the Election Commission of Pakistan to conclude the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) foreign funding case in 30 days.
On Monday. the court’s division bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Babar Sattar heard an intra court petition filed by the PTI against the single-bench verdict.
During the proceeding, PTI counsel Shah Khawar told the court that Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani had used harsh language in his directives. Single-judge bench did not have the power to pass such orders, he argued.
The counsel said the case doesn’t comes under foreign funding. It falls under prohibited funding.
Justice Athar Minallah remarked that ECP is a constitutional institution and suspended the court’s previous order. He said that ECP was responsible for scrutinising the accounts of all political parties every year.
“As per the law, all the prohibited funding would be seized. But when the scrutiny is complete and the report has been submitted why is the ECP still hearing the case,” he added.
The court issued notices to the ECP, 17 political parties, and PTI’s Akbar S Babar, and summoned their responses by May 17 and adjourned the case.
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