IHC To Take Up Petition For Early Probe Into PML-N, PPP Funds.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear the petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader today for an early probe into the party funds of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP).

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) fixed the hearing of PTI leader Farrukh Habib's plea for an early probe into PML-N and PPP's party funds. The IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the petition today.

The petitioner made the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was made a party in the petition.

The petition stated that despite the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) regarding the scrutiny of party funds, the ECP was scrutinising three-year party funds of PML-N and PPP, whereas, the records of party funds belonging to PTI were scrutinised from 2008 on the complaint of Akbar S Babar.

The petitioner stated that discriminative action was taken against PTI by the ECP in the scrutiny of the funding to the political parties. The petition sought the IHC to order the...