ECP rejects PTI's applications for secrecy in foreign funding case.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday rejected four applications filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking secrecy during the scrutiny of its foreign funding sources.

A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice retired Sardar Mohammad Raza, also instructed the scrutiny committee to continue its work and instructed PTI representatives to appear before the committee on Oct 14.

Former PTI member and petitioner Akbar S. Babar had filed the foreign funding case before the ECP in 2014, alleging that nearly $3 million in illegal foreign funds were collected through two offshore companies, and that money was sent through illegal 'hundi' channels from the Middle East to accounts of PTI employees.

He has also alleged that the foreign accounts used to...