ECP's Ruling.

After a delay of several years finally, the Election Commission of Pakistan has ruled regarding the foreign funding case filed by Akber S. Baber one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

The Election Commission of Pakistan declared that PTI has received prohibited funding from foreign companies and nationals. Article 6 of the PPO tells about prohibited funding and clears who can be a contributor of a party in Pakistan, in the same way, if the prohibited funding is proved to a political party then its funds can be confiscated by the state as per article 6(4) of PPO. So, as ECP has ruled that PTI is funded by foreign nationals and companies it falls under the definition of article 6 of PPO. Therefore the state is legitimately entitled to confiscate the funds of PTI.

Moreover, according to Article 17(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, every political party shall account for the source of its funds in accordance with the law, however, PTI didn't disclose the resources which are against the said article of the constitution. The important question arises in this situation: is Imran Khan Sadiq and Ameen as per Article 62 of the Constitution?

According to Article 13(2) of...