PM Asks Party Workers Not To Worry About Foreign Funding Case

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PM asks party workers not to worry about foreign funding case

PM Khan restrains his party leaders from making any comment on the speech by CJP Khosa.

ISLAMABAD: (Urdu Point/Pakistan Point News-Nov 21std, 2019) Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured his party leaders that there is nothing to worry about foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to take up the matter on daily basis.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that audit of the funds and its proofs had already been submitted to the courts. He expressed these views while talking to government spokespersons at Prime Minister Office on Wednesday.

“ECP was asked for inquiry into funding of PPP and PML-N,” said PM Khan while referring to the application moved to the ECP in this regard. “I just assure you that no need to worry about foreign funding case against the PTI,”.

The sources said that speech by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa also came under discussion in the meeting. The PM, they said, asked the party workers snot to make any comment on CJP’s speech.

“The legal team would consulted about speech of the CJP whether to respond or not,” the sources sais while quoting PM Khan. About Nawaz Sharif’s departure to London, Imran Khan said that the PML-N leaders have been exposed as the public was seeing the activities of Nawaz Sharif in London.

The sources said the PM said that Nawaz Sharif was allowed to leave the country because of the court orders and on the basis of his medical reports. The opposition, they said, was scared of the government’s success in stabilizing economy. In the meeting, the speech by NAB Chairman Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal was also discussed. The NAB Chairman had said to hold the government accountable for its 14 months’ performance. On it, the PM said that the government would not create any obstacle in its way as the NAB was an independent institution. He also commented on the statements of JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, saying that “Maulana’s politics is now over,”.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.