A special committee constituted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday drafted the terms of reference (ToRs) for the scrutiny of foreign funding allegedly received by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).
According to the ToRs, the committee will examine the party’s financial statements and other accounting records for the five-year period between 2009 and 2013 with the aim of finding out any defects and omissions in the disclosure of funds received from abroad.
The committee has been granted a period of 30 days from its inception to complete the scrutiny process and submit its report to the ECP.
On March 12, a five-member bench of the ECP headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Raza Khan had formed the special committee in the case. The decision was taken three years after the foreign funding case was first filed in November 2014 by a founding member of the PTI, Akbar S Babar.
Published in Daily Times, April 14th 2018.
