The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hear a reference against disqualification Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan.
The disqualification reference was filed by Talal Chaudhry of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and six other members of the National Assembly under clause (2) of article-63 of the 1973 constitution of Pakistan.
The ECP had already served a notice to Khan for appearing before the commission in person or through his counsel today at its secretariat in Islamabad in connection with the references.
The PTI was also observing ‘Thanksgiving Day’ in the federal capital on Wednesday instead of a previously planned protest and sit-in.
The abrupt decision came after the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Tuesday began hearing a case into the ‘Panama Papers’ leaks and offered to form a commission to investigate revelations that Sharif’s children held offshore bank accounts.
The court has asked the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to submit an answer within two days.
Speaking to PTI workers and supporters outside his residence in Bani Gala yesterday, Imran Khan said, “For the first time in the history of Pakistan, an authority is being investigated.”
Names of several Pakistanis including Nawaz Sharif’s children Maryam, Hussain, and Hasan surfaced in one of the world’s biggest ever data leaks through an online searchable database made public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in April 2016, following which the prime minister had formed an inquiry commission to probe his family’s alleged links to offshore accounts.
Unfortunately, the federal government and the opposition could never agree on drafting joint terms of references (ToRs) before, which could probe Panama Papers Leaks.
