Parliamentary Secretary for Railways, Mian Farrukh Habib Monday demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to scrutinize the accounts of all registered political parties on the same terms of reference (ToRs) being followed in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) foreign funding case.

Addressing a press conference here, he clarified that all the PTI's accounts are declared and each of its transaction is made through a transparent way of banking channel. He said that his party has provided data of 40,000 donators to the ECP in the foreign funding case. He said that the PTI has laid the foundation of transparency and its Chairman Imran Khan presented all the details of his assets before the apex court in Hanif Abbasi's case.

The PTI leader prayed the ECP to hear the foreign funding case of PML-N and the PPP on daily basis. He said that the two parties will have to give their money trail, adding that they can no longer hoodwink the masses.

Habib said that he had filed a petition in the ECP back in 2017, pleading that the funding sources of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the PML-N are scrutinized and investigated. He regretted that the two parties have not submitted replies in the case.

The PTI leader said that two parties have kept their accounts secret and did not declare their sources. The secretary said that foreign funding cases against PML-N and PPP are under trial and that their bank accounts were allegedly used to launder money. The lawyers of both parties are not appearing before the ECP for further proceedings in the cases against them, he added.

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