The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday dismissed petition of Akbar S Babar for providing relevant records of foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
In its verdict, the commission issued directives to the scrutiny committee to complete its tasks by the end of May.
Moreover, Akbar S Babar has been allowed to visit the records twice in a week from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in the presence of the ECP’s director-general (DG) law who will ensure the protection of the records.
While talking to journalists outside the ECP office, Akbar S Babar said that he submitted multiple petitions for provision of relevant records to him and the access to the documents was given now.
He said that ECP gave them powers to include two financial experts for inspecting the documents, whereas, the scrutiny committee did not grant access to the records.
Babar said that he expects fromt he scrutiny committee for the implementation of ECP orders. He added that PTI was hiding the records for six years and it is beyond comprehension to make the records secret.
