ECP warns PTI leaders of ex parte action if they skip next hearing.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday strictly warned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders of ex parte proceedings if they failed to appear in another hearing of the contempt case.

The ECP is hearing the case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Secretary General Asad Umar and Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry.

The electoral body had also issued bailable arrest warrants - for the three leaders - which were suspended by the Lahore High Court on Monday.

At the outset of Tuesday's hearing, ECP's Balochistan member questioned, "Where are Imran Khan, Asad Umar, and Fawad Chaudhary?"

At this, Advocate Faisal Chaudhry's assistant told the ECP panel that the PTI leaders and their counsel could not make it to the hearing because they had to attend former president Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Latif Afridi's funeral in Peshawar.

The electoral body's Khyber...

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