The Prime Minister asks nation to ponder over the implications of his politics funded by foreigners
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Aug 2nd, 2022) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that ECP verdict on prohibited funding case once again proved that PTI Chairman Imran Khan was a liar.
Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz said, “ECP verdict on PTI foreign funding case chargesheets Imran Niazi for violating the Constitution, submitting false affidavits & accepting foreign money. Proven yet again that he is a certified liar. Nation should ponder over the implications of his politics funded by foreigners,”.
Earlier, a video clip made rounds on social media, showing PTI Chairman Imran Khan flatly refusing a journalist’ s question about Arif Naqvi who allegedly funded his party.
“I will never answer,” said Imran Khan while responding to the journalist who kept asking to speak up on it.
Imran Khan was surrounded by his personal security when he faced the question.
The video clip surfaced after the ECP ruled that the PTI received funds in a much awaiting prohibited funding case on Tuesday (today).
Election Commission of Pakistan has unanimously declared that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf received funding from prohibited sources.
A three-member bench of Election Commission of Pakistan headed by Chief Election Commission Sikandar Sultan Raja announced the verdict in PTI's prohibited funding case in Islamabad on Tuesday.
According to the judgment, the PTI received funds from 34 foreigners including from the United States. The Party concealed thirteen accounts from the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to the PTI.
