ISLAMABAD: Following the ECP verdict in “prohibited funding case on Tuesday, the federal Cabinet decided to put the name of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan as well as other leaders of the party on the Exit Control List (ECL).
The federal government, subsequently, decided to put the former premier, ex-governors of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh and former chairman Utility Stores Corporation (USC) Zulqarnain Ali Khan on the no-fly list.
Earlier in the day while announcing its verdict in much-delayed prohibited funding case, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said the former ruling party received “prohibited funds” from 34 foreign nationals and 351 companies based abroad.
The electoral watchdog also served a show cause notice on the PTI after the unanimous verdict — reserved in June earlier this year – by the three-member of the ECP headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja.
The electoral watchdog also declared that 13 ‘unknown’ accounts have been found linked to the party and the submissions by PTI chief Imran Khan were “inaccurate and wrong.”
The former premier had personally issued certificates to the ECP in regards to Article 13(2) of the PPO to the effect that PTI “does not receive funds from prohibited sources”, meaning thereby that the PTI is not a foreign-aided political party.
In its verdict, the Election Commission of Pakistan stated the party violated Article 17(3) (3) of the Constitution as the PTI failed to declare three bank accounts operated by the party’s senior leadership and the concealment of 16 bank accounts by the party was a “serious lapse”.
