ECP files intra-court appeal against IHC verdict in PTI foreign funding

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (EPC) on Monday challenged the single bench verdict of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that stated fact-finding report of ECP was not final verdict in the PTI foreign funding case.

An intra-court appeal was filed by ECP against Justice Babar Satar’s June 6 decision. The single bench in the judgment said that the fact-finding report was not final.

“The single bench decision is against the established legal principles,” the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) pleaded in its application.

“The single bench decision should be annulled,” the ECP pleaded.

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