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SC gives more time to PTI on question of probe by ECP
 ISLAMABAD: Anwar Mansoor Khan, counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he had **t been able to consult his client as the party’s chief was **t in the city adding that time was required to take instructions.The court the other day had asked the learned counsel as to what would be his position if it asks the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to determine as to whether the party’s foreign funds were acquired through prohibited sources. The court had asked the learned counsel to seek instructions from his client and then inform it but on Thursday the learned counsel informed the court that he had **t been able to contact his client (Imran Khan) and sought some time, which the court granted and adjourned the hearing until May 23. Justice Umar Ata Bandial, a**ther member of the bench, however, told the learned counsel that granting him the time for consultation does **t mean that the court had agreed with the argument regarding distinctions of provisions. The PTI counsel told the apex court that only the federal government had the authority to probe foreign funding for political parties and it was **t the domain of the Election Commission of Pakistan. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umer Ata Bandial and Justice Faisal Arab, resumed hearing into the petitions, filed by PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi, seeking disqualification of PTI chief Imran Khan and Jehangir Tareen over their alleged tax evasion. Anwar Mansoor Khan, counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, submitted before the court that the law did **t permit an individual or third party to move an application against a political party, challenging its accounts. The learned counsel contended that the ECP neither was a court **r was a tribunal and it could only look into the matter if the party was funded by a foreign government. The PTI counsel submitted that Article 6 of the Political Parties Order (PPO) 2002 related to money received in Pakistan domestically except from money received by foreign government. He argued that Article 6 of PPO 2002 was distinct from Article 2-c and Article 15 of the said order. The Article 6 stipulates that the parties may accept contributions and donations only from individuals while any contribution made, directly or indirectly, by any foreign government, multinational or domestically incorporated public or private company shall be prohibited. Likewise, Article 2 (c) of the order states that a foreign-aided political party means a political party which has been formed or organised at the instance of any government or political party of a foreign country or affiliated to or associated with any government or political party of a foreign country or receives any aid, financial or otherwise, from any government or political party of a foreign country, or any portion of its funds from foreign nationals. The learned counsel submitted that Article 6 of PPO 2002 would be read with Article 17 (2) of the Constitution, which states about freedom of association. Similarly, he said that the penalties provided for both provisions including Article 6 and Article 2 (c) were distinct while jurisdictions were also different without overlapping each other. أكثر... ??????? ??????: SC gives more time to PTI on question of probe by ECP || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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