The Ele
ction Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s
appeals to restrain a scrutiny
committee formed by the
commission to probe the party’s sources of funding, and for secrecy of the scruti
ny process.
The PTI had filed two complaints with the ECP: one challenging the terms of reference of the scrutiny
committee which allowed the party’s accounts to be scrutinised in the presence of the petitioner and the other asking to keep the entire scruti
ny process secret.
The ECP in its verdict dismissed the PTI’s objections over the ToRs and ordered the scrutiny
committee to continu
e its work.
The ECP said the
committee would decide whether the scruti
ny proceedings should be in-camera or not, and whether Babar will be privy to the
committee’s proceedings or not.
The scrutiny
committee, headed by the director general law and comprising two auditors from the defence establishment, was formed by a five-member bench of the ECP headed by Chief Ele
ction Commissioner Justice (r) Sardar Raza Khan on March 27, but commenced the scruti
ny process on April 3. The
committee could not, however, make any significant progress during the last over one month as the PTI failed to submit financial documents, particularly bank statements of its accounts, sought by the
committee.
Published in Daily Times, May 31st 2018.
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