ECP urges Imran to respond to contempt notice by May 8

CEC warned PTI's lawyer saying if Imran refused to submit his reply, ECP will issue order

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner [CEC], Sardar Mohammad Raza, on Monday, asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf [PTI] chairman Imran Khan to submit a reply to the contempt of court notice issued against him.

Heading a four member bench hearing the case of irregularities in party funds at the Election Commission of Pakistan [ECP] office, the CEC warned PTI lawyer, Anwar Mansoor, saying if Imran refused to submit his reply before May 8, the ECP will issue an order. He also asked Mansoor to advise his client from making irresponsible statements that bordered on contempt of court.



The foreign funding case was first filed in November 2014 by PTI founding member and former central vice president, Akbar S Babar, who alleged major corruption and illegal foreign funding of the PTI.

Radio Pakistan quoted PML-N leader, Daniyal Aziz, telling the media that PTI is now using different tactics to hide the transactions of funds, adding that his party had offered itself for accountability and other parties will also be brought before the institutions for accountability.