ISLAMABAD, , August 17(ABC): A larger bench of the Islamabad High Court has been constituted to hear an appeal of the PTI against the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the prohibited funding case.
A three-member larger bench has been formed under the chairmanship of acting chief justice of the IHC, Justice Aamer Farooq, and will consist of Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Babar Sattar.
Yesterday, the IHC heard PTI’s petition against the ECP decision and ordered the matter to be handed over to a larger bench.
Justice Farooq, who was hearing the case, said that a larger bench will be formed and the case will be heard on August 18 (Thursday).
The PTI was found by the ECP to have received prohibited funding which it did not disclose. A notice was issued to the party asking it to explain why the funds should not be confiscated.
PTI has challenged the ECP’s fact-finding report, with the party’s lawyer contending that “it was not necessary to disclose accounts for various reasons”.
“The money went from here (Centre) to provincial accounts, which was not necessary to disclose,” the counsel said.