ECP objects to PTI audit report

ISLAMABAD: A full bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza has passed a formal order that the declarations made by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in its audit report does not disclose source and details of funds received.
In a written order issued on Wednesday to petitioner Akbar S Babar and the respondents that included PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the ECP declared that on April 1, 2015, last date of hearing, it was decided that original declaration of assets filed by the respondents (PTI) with the commission be examined to ascertain the authenticity of certain audit reports. The declarations so made from year-to-year were requisitioned from the offices which were examined in the light of Form-I prepared under Rule 4. Column 6 of said form pertains to the sources of funds with details. The declarations so submitted do not contain source of funds with details.
The ECP ordered PTI to submit the details of funds on the prescribed forms by the next date of the hearing set for May 6, 2015. The case was filed by PTI founding member and former Central Information Secretary Akbar S Babar, alleging financial corruption and violation of laws in collecting donations and managing PTI funds.The PTI has long contended that it has disclosed all the details of funds received as part of its annual audit reports submitted to the ECP.