Fawad says 16 PTI bank accounts are legal, ‘subsidiary accounts’
Asad Umar, Gill accuse ECP of sheltering PDM parties
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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday rejected the ECP ruling that PTI received prohibited funding, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Speaking to the media after the verdict was announced, Fawad said that most of the money was from overseas Pakistanis. “I don’t understand why PML-N, JUI and PPP have declared overseas Pakistanis as the enemies. We consider overseas Pakistanis to be the backbone of Pakistan’s economy and we will continue to rely on them for our funding,” he said.
Commenting on the case, the PTI leader said that this was never a case of “foreign funding” and this had been proven with the ECP’s decision. He went on to say that the accounts that were supposedly undeclared were not directly linked with the PTI chief.
In the next phase, the PTI will prove that the 16 accounts are legal, adding that these accounts are “subsidiary accounts,” Chaudhry said.
The former minister said that the people deserved to know where political parties received their funding from. “No party, including the PTI, has the right to hide its funding from the people,” he maintained.
“You decided the PTI’s case and now we expect that you will bring to light other parties’ funding so that the people know that the law is being followed,” he said.
Fawad demanded of the election body to announce its verdict in the funding case against PPP and PML-N after the PTI.
In a tweet later, the PTI leader said that since the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and ECP members have “weak” legal backgrounds, they failed to “differentiate between an affidavit and certificate”.
“Imran Khan submitted certificate on audited accounts, this is not a case of Mis-declaration,” the former information and law minister said.
Since CEC and members have weak legal background they failed to differentiate Affidavit and certificate, Imran Khan submitted certificate on audited accounts, this is not a case of misdeclaration
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 2, 2022
اب تحریک انصاف کے کیس کا فیصلہ آگیا ہے تو ہمیں امید ہے نون لیگ ، پیپلز پارٹی اور فضل الرحمنٰ کی جماعتوں کی فنڈنگ کیسز کی جلد سماعت ہو گی اور فیصلے آئیں گے، تب عوام کو فارن فنڈنگ کی سمجھ آئیگی کہ کیسے لیبیا،امریکہ اور بن لادن سے پیسے لئے گئے اور ان کو پاکستان میں استعمال کیا گیا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 2, 2022
اوورسیز پاکستانیوں تحریک انصاف کو فنڈنگ جاری رکھیں ہم آپ کا احترام دل جان سے کرتے رہے ہیں اور کرتے رہیں گے حکومتی اتحاد اور ان کے میڈیا حمایتی جو آج بیرون ملک مقیم پاکستانیوں کو اسرائیلی اور امریکن ایجنٹ ڈیکئر کر رہے ہیں ان کو منہ کی کھانی پڑے گی، اوورسیز پاکستانی زندہ باد pic.twitter.com/5OHAKlzouv
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 2, 2022
سگریٹ چور وزیر اطلاعات کس منہ سے تحریک انصاف پر تنقید کر رہی ہے؟ پہلے اربوں کا فائدہ جو سگریٹ فروشوں کو دیا اس کا حساب دو
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 2, 2022
اس فیصلے میں بڑا نقص یہ ہے ہندوستان کی پانچ سو ڈالر اور امریکی 13 ہزار ڈالر کی اتنی بڑی فنڈنگز تو موجود ہے لیکن اسرائیلی فنڈنگ نظر نہیں آ رہی
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 2, 2022
It Arif Naqvi is not even charged yet how come PTI would know in 2012 that gentleman will be charged in 2019 ? Seems CEC relied on Tarot Cards for this decision instead of merits https://t.co/0fwofxBlEl
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 2, 2022
Speaking during the press conference before Chaudhry, PTI Central Deputy Secretary Information Farrukh Habib said that foreign funding was “not proved against the party”.
“The verdict disappointed those who were pushing the narrative of foreign funding against the PTI,” said Habib.
He said that the PTI was of the view from day one that the case was related to prohibited funding and not foreign funding.
PTI leader and former federal minister Asad Umar has accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of shelter the PDM parties by not releasing the funding reports of PML-N and PPP.
In a tweet posted after ECP announced a decision in PTI prohibited funding case on Tuesday, Asad Umar said “The Election Commission fulfilled its wish by announcing the verdict in the prohibited funding case. Now the nation demands an answer, why is the funding report of the Muslim League-Nawaz and the People's Party not being released? The Election Commission is giving shelter to the PDM parties by violating the directives of the Supreme Court and the High Court.”
شوق پورا کر لیا الیکشن کمیشن نے ممنوعہ فنڈنگ کیس پر فیصلہ سنا کر. اب قوم جواب مانگتی ہے کے مسلم لیگ نواز اور پیپلز پارٹی کی فنڈنگ رپورٹ کیوں نہیں جاری ہو رہی؟ سپریم کورٹ اور ہائی کورٹ کی ہدایت کو پامال کر کے الیکشن کمیشن پی ڈی ایم جماعتوں کو پناہ دے رہی ہے
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 2, 2022
Another PTI leader Shahbaz Gill has termed the ECP verdict “Much ado about mothing”.
In a tweet posted on Sunday, Shahbaz Gills said “Yes, this cat also came out of the bag. ECP said it is not foreign funding but prohibited funding. Much ado about nothing. This conspiracy failed. Now plot something new.”
لیں جی یہ والا بلا بھی تھیلاے سے باہر آگیا۔ ecp نے کہا کہ یہ فارن فنڈنگ کا نہیں ممنوعہ فنڈنگ کا ہے۔ کھودا پہاڑ نکلہ چوہا۔ یہ والی سازش تو ناکام ہو گئی۔ اب کچھ نیا شوشہ گھڑیں
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) August 2, 2022