ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) on Tuesday sought an entire report from the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) relating to scrutiny of the funding of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Individuals’s Social gathering (PPP).
Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Farrukh Habib looking for early scrutiny of the 2 events funding. Aima Anwar Khan, the counsel for the petitioner, said that the court docket had sought the report from the ECP over the last listening to.
The ECP’s Director Basic Regulation requested the court docket to grant extra time for the aim because the Fee was engaged within the election issues.
The chief justice questioned what have been the engagements of ECP because it was not even holding native authorities elections within the Federal Capital.
The DG Regulation replied that the ECP was making preparations for LG polls within the Capital, whereas three Nationwide Meeting seats from Islamabad had additionally been vacated.
The court docket then adjourned the case until February 7, instructing the DG Regulation to give you the entire report of the 2 events funding on that date.
Verdict in petition in feminine decide menace case
In the meantime, a further district and classes court docket Tuesday reserved verdict on Imran Khan’s petition looking for exemption from court docket look in a case pertaining to hurling menace at feminine decide Zeba Chaudhry throughout a PTI public rally final 12 months.
Choose Rana Mujahid Raheem heard the petition filed by Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan.
TDuring the listening to, PTI Chief Imran Khan didn’t seem earlier than the court docket. Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi requested the court docket to difficulty non-bailable arrest warrants for Imran.
Nonetheless, Imran’s lawyer Naeem Haider submitted an utility on behalf of the PTI chief looking for the latter’s exemption from court docket look on medical grounds for at the moment.
The decide inquired from the lawyer the place his energy of legal professional was. The lawyer replied that he got here to know concerning the court docket discover yesterday evening.