ISLAMABAD, August 2(ABC): The ruling coalition launched a scathing attack on Tuesday on PTI Chairman Imran Khan after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in the prohibited funding case, said the party received funds from illegal sources.
The ECP, in a unanimous verdict, found that donations were taken from the United States of America, Australia, Canada and the United Arab Emirates — amounting to billions of rupees.
PTI received funds from 34 individuals and 351 businesses including companies, the ECP verdict states.
Responding to the ECP’s major decision, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the commission’s verdict on PTI’s prohibited funding case “charge sheets Imran for violating the Constitution”.
“[It] charge sheets Imran for violating the Constitution submitting false affidavits and accepting foreign money,” he said.
“Proven yet again that he is a certified liar. Nation should ponder over the implications of his politics funded by foreigners,” he added.
In a tweet following the ECP order, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz chided Khan for being a “liar and money launderer”.
“Khan is the only politician of Pakistan who has been proven, in a single judgment with irrefutable evidence, to be a liar, corrupt, a money launderer, and acting on the influence of external forces,” she said.
