Banned Funds: Political Implications of ECP Decision
Wednesday, August 03, 2022 One of the anonymous judgments was the prohibited funding case instituted against PatiGo. Finally, after a long wait of eight years, the ECP took up the prohibited funding case filed against the PTI on the complaint of Akbar S Babar, one of the founding members of the party. It seems that the ECP's decision did not live up to the expectations of some political observers who believed that the PTI could be disbanded and its legislators and leadership disbanded if indeed the banned funding was established. may be disqualified. As a result, PTI is claiming the victory of its position. Regardless, the fact that the order passed by the ECP is as bad for PTI as it can be is within the purview of Section 6(3) of the Political Parties Order, 2002 under which the complaint was filed. . Under the law, all the ECP was required to do was to determine whether the PTI had received funding from prohibited sources - and if found, whether the ECP had received such pr