Party Received No Illegal Funding: PPP.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan People's Party yesterday said that it had never received any illegal funding throughout the party's history.

Responding to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry's allegations, PPP leader Senator Salim Mandviwalla said all funds are taken in the name of PPP Parliamentarian, which is the parliamentary wing of the PPP. 'Asif Ali Zardari is the President of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian. All members of Parliament are seen as members of the Pakistan People's Party parliamentarian. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the Chairman of Pakistan People's Party. All funds are taken in the name of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian,' Salim Mandviwalla explained.

He said that according to Election Commission rules, no money was ever transferred from the accounts of PPP to PPPP. Mandviwalla said he had himself submitted the details signed by the Secretary Generals of the accounts of the PPP before the Election Commission of Pakistan.

'The Election Commission has declared details of the PPP correct. Fawad Chaudhry's claim of Rs 41,47,27,779 account openings in 2011 is also not true,' he added. He maintained that the opening account of PPP Parliamentarian was not Rs 41 crore but Rs 365,865,372 in 2011.

Earlier PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry accused that the ECP was sheltering the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz). He alleged both...