ECP to announce PTI's foreign funding case verdict tomorrow at 10am.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday said PTI's foreign funding case verdict - which was reserved on June 21 - will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10am.

The election commission today released the cause list for the prohibited funding case. According to the cause list, the verdict will be announced by a three-member bench led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.

The decision to announce the verdict comes after a Financial Times expose revealed that the PTI received funding from Wootton Cricket Club belonging to Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi. The funds were generated through a charity match and an Arab personality also pitched in a large sum of money.

The FT report provided ammunition to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), and they demanded an early announcement of the verdict - in the case which was filed in 2014 by Akbar S Babar.

Earlier, ECP officials, on the condition of anonymity, told media that the election commission will announce the foreign funding verdict during the first week of August.

The sources said that the PTI would only harm itself if it files a...