ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday declared that following its failure to control the people of Pakistan “the foreign ruling alliance” is plotting to steal the general public mandate through the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
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Imran declared while addressing the protesters gathered outside the ECP offices in varied cities of the country via video link on Thursday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and its chief are the most important hurdle in achieving real freedom through sturdy democracy.
He said that they [incumbent government] bought loyalties of the PTI lawmakers through cash in an endeavor to interrupt the party to no avail.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that currently, they’re attempting to control individuals of Pakistan through the ECP.
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran khan said that the electoral authority went on the far side of its limits and met a PML-N delegation whereby the ruling alliance leaders urged the ECP to announce the decision in PTI prohibited funding case at the earliest.
The PTI chief said that the incumbent rulers were distressed concerning the general public reaction and when realizing that they may not silence them through intimidation they were currently attempting to control them through the highest electoral body.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that they can subjugate the individuals through the ECP because it can manipulate polls. He additionally said that I introduced EVMs [electronic ballot machines] so secret hands don’t rig the elections.
Citing a free watchdog report, Imran said that as several as 163 ways that to rig the elections might be eliminated through the victimization EVMs. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan aforementioned) said that India and Iran also are using the same technology in addition.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran khan said that the ECP in connivance with the govt. sabotaged our commitment to introduce EVMs. He additionally said that they needed to control the individuals of Pakistan, which means that you can not elect or topple any government through your votes.
Without naming anyone, Imran said that some hidden powers within the country wanted to manage the country by manipulating elections and for this reason his all try to prevent rigging and horse-trading within the polls were “sabotaged” by the ECP.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran khan said that I demanded a show of hand ballot technique within the Senate. The ECP remained indifferent to rigging and horse-trading throughout many by-elections.
The PTI chief while commenting on the ECP finding within the prohibited funding case said that receiving funds from overseas Pakistanis weren’t foreign funding. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran khan and Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said that receiving funds from foreign countries or firms which might influence your policies is foreign funding.
He said that his party didn’t commit any wrongdoing by raising funds for his party from overseas Pakistanis, saying the ECP ’wrongly’ termed donations from expatriates as foreign funding.
PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan said that several known people shaped their political parties however couldn’t succeed because they didn’t have sources of funding.
He said that 2 “mafias” – the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and therefore the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) – used illegal cash to fund their political campaign because nobody would gift their cash for political functions.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was the primary party within the country that collected cash through political fundraising.
He said that his party established an organization within the U.S. as a result it was illegal in America to lift funds while not a limited liability company (LLC).
The former prime minister Imran Khan said that the law that barred parties from receiving funds from firms was enacted in 2017 whereas the PTI received funds in 2012, thus there is no unlawfulness was committed.
While on the opposite hand, Minister for information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has declared that the govt. will submit a declaration to the Supreme Court about the foreign funding decision against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Mariyam Aurangzeb said that while talking to the media the declaration is created within the next meeting of the federal Cabinet whereby it’ll be determined once the declaration ought to be submitted to the highest court. The federal minister said that the Ministry of Law had been given 3 days to come up with its observations on the declaration.
Marriyum additionally declared that the Federal Investigation Agency can investigate the case in light of the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The minister told media persons that the Federal Investigation Agency has initiated an investigation into the case in light of the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan.
