{"id":16436,"date":"2022-07-29T05:32:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=16436"},"modified":"2022-07-29T05:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:32:51","slug":"govt-doubles-down-on-demand-seeking-verdict-on-ptis-foreign-funding-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=16436&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Govt doubles down on demand seeking verdict on PTI&#8217;s foreign funding case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>PM Shehbaz says foreign funding case is example of \u201chow\u00a0<em>ladla\u00a0<\/em>is being protected\u201d.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Rana Sanaullah says further delay in verdict is \u201cincomprehensible.\u201d<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWe are used to accepting decisions, at least bring it forward,\u201d Musadik Malik adds.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-cnvs-separator-id-1659072515463\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government Thursday doubled down on its demand, asking the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to issue the verdict on PTI\u2019s \u201cforeign funding\u201d case \u2014 which has been pending since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PTI\u2019s founding member Akbar S Babar had filed the case in 2014, alleging that the party received foreign funding and the ECP, on June 21, reserved the verdict in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the foreign funding case is an example of \u201chow\u00a0<em>ladla\u00a0<\/em>(blue-eyed boy) was being protected\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to his Twitter, the premier wrote: \u201c[Nawaz Sharif] was convicted for not taking a salary, \u2018<em>Ladla<\/em>\u2018 is untouchable. Eight years on, the decision is still elusive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Foreign funding case is an example of how &#39;Ladla&#39; is being protected. While NS was convicted for not taking salary, &#39;Ladla&#39; is untouchable. 8 years on, decision is still elusive. Imran Niazi filed 9 writ peitions in IHC & got 50 adjournments in the FF case.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%86%DA%88%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0646_\u0641\u0646\u0688\u0646\u06af_\u067e\u0631_\u0633\u0632\u0627_\u062f\u0648<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mvy6QYIzID\">https:\/\/t.co\/mvy6QYIzID<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMShehbaz\/status\/1552651582948249601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He further mentioned that in order to stop the foreign funding case, Khan filed nine writ petitions in the Islamabad High Court and got 50 adjournments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"delay-incomprehensible\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Delay incomprehensible\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also took to his Twitter to urge ECP to \u201cimmediately\u201d announce the verdict of the foreign funding case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPTI Lawyers resorted to delaying tactics for eight years by filing nine writ petitions during the proceedings but now the decision is already reserved,\u201d he wrote, adding that a further delay is \u201cincomprehensible\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ECP should immediately announce the verdict of the foreign funding case. PTI Lawyers resorted to delaying tactics for 8years by filing 9 writ petitions during the proceedings but now the decision is already reserved. A further delay is incomprehensible.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%86%DA%88%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0646_\u0641\u0646\u0688\u0646\u06af_\u067e\u0631_\u0633\u0632\u0627_\u062f\u0648<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Rana SanaUllah Khan (@PresPMLNPunjab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresPMLNPunjab\/status\/1552658860774723584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, while addressing a press conference in the federal capital flanked by State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik, Adviser to Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira also questioned the delay in the announcement of the verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to head towards a clash between institutions; however, people are waiting for the verdict which has been reserved,\u201d he said, emphasising that the decision should be announced as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Malik said: \u201cWe are used to accepting decisions but, at least, bring the decision to the fore so that we can know what was the outcome of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"pti-hid-funds-worth-millions-of-rupees-from-ecp-report\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">PTI hid funds worth millions of rupees from ECP: report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The PTI hid funds worth millions of rupees from the ECP, the report of an ECP scrutiny committee probing the party\u2019s funds revealed on January 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report stated that the PTI provided \u201cfalse information\u201d regarding the party\u2019s funding to the ECP. It said that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP\u2019s) bank statement revealed that the party had received Rs1.64 billion in funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, the party did not disclose funding worth more than Rs310 million to the ECP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scrutiny committee was formed in 2019 to audit foreign funding received by the PTI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News PM Shehbaz says foreign funding case is example of \u201chow\u00a0ladla\u00a0is being protected\u201d. 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