The case started when Mr. Akber Sher Babar decided to part ways with Imran Khan in 2014 and filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan against PTI for receiving funds from prohibited sources.
The case started as a foreign funding case instead of prohibited funding case and PTI Chairman Imran Khan remained under media trial and was alleged to be a “Yahoodi agent” (Jews’ agent) due to receiving funds from foreign sources. However, later the case was turned into prohibited funding case.
Earlier this case was “Foreign Funding Case” and not “Prohibited Funding Case”. For years Media trial was carried out of IK as “Yahoodi Agent” due to Funding from America, CIA, Braaadar countries to sabotage Pakistan and National Interest. pic.twitter.com/PQORrD48ci
— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
Kim Ghum Ri goes on to explain the spirit of the law that prohibits political parties from receiving funds from public or private companies. A political party is barred from receiving funds from public or private companies so that their decisions cannot be influenced when they are in power.
Anyway, Let’s assume that you are living in an upright society: this is a fine law in spirit and I have nothing against it. Either local or international business should not be influencing government polices via funding/lobbying.
— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
The reasons that the decision of ECP in PTI foreign funding case is flawed, according to Kim Ghum Ri, are as follow.
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Post 9/11, international transfer of funds is strictly scrutinized and raising, collecting or transferring funds with incorporating a registered company is prohibited. Hence, if PTI raised any funds overseas from Pakistani diaspora, it had to incorporate a company registered in the respective country to raise the funds. PTI then transferred the funds to PTIs overseas account and then transferred them to Pakistan in a lawful manner.
PTI raised funds from overseas Pakistanis in foreign, transferred them to PTI overseas account and then transferred them to Pakistan have been classified as Prohibited funding by ECP.
WAAAT DAA FUCCCK !
Repeat of Pervaiz Elahi Can’t vote for Pervaiz elahi pic.twitter.com/f0qEUgilT5— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
Decision of ECP to declare these funds unlawful implies that PTI cannot fund PTI, just like a few days back Dost Mazari’s ruling prohibited Pervez Ilahi from voting for himself. ECP decision is based on the premise that because the funds were transferred to PTIs accounts from foreign registered companies, hence the funding is illegal. What the ECP needs to understand is that there is no other way of raising funds from overseas Pakistanis.
Even the affidavits submitted by Wootton Cricket Limited and Bristol Engineering Services clarifying that their accounts were just used to transfer the funds, while the funds were raised through fund-raising events, are not enough satisfy ECP.
Rest are small transactions but I will focus on 2 from Dubai to give you a hint of other non-sense. As per verdict both Bristol and Wootton submitted affidavit that foreign company was only used for funds transfer. Actually, funds were raised by events.
ECP still NOT happy. pic.twitter.com/gaYnDeUR8s— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
Kim Ghum Ri then explains the affidavit by Imran Khan, which might be used to try him under article 62 of the constitution. Imran Khan cannot be tried under article 62 due to that particular affidavit even if it proves to be wrong because he signed on an audited account presented by an auditing firm and understanding and checking such audits require elaborate accountancy knowledge.
Having elaborate accountancy knowledge is clearly not a requirement to hold a political position or public office.
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Is ECP saying that to make a political party, Leader should be qualified to not only understand but also do account reconciliation, audit and balance books? so CFA L3 with CA is minimum requirement now or else I will be trialed for Article 62 for mistake.🚨
Good job ! pic.twitter.com/MYy3TwPZ7h— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
Lastly, the decision is based on an assumption that “what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly”; if company accounts cannot make funding transactions within Pakistan, international company transfer is also prohibited. Again ECP needs to understand that involving a company is an international requirement for such transactions.
This is not only wrong but impossible to do.
Try making a million $ donation from US/CANDA chapter of NGO to NGO account in Pakistan and tell me what mechanism should be followed.
It will be exactly same that has been followed by PTI.— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
Kim Ghum Ri concludes that the verdict by ECP is not only flawed, it is against the spirit of law. ECP twisted the law to decide against PTI and Imran Khan.
So as per Justice Kim, This verdict is not only wrong, it’s against spirit of law, Just like Deputy Speaker verdict it tries to twist SC judgment to fit its objective and not only this case should be thrown but also ECP members are advised to reduce stuff they are smoking. pic.twitter.com/MUmlQywmT8
— Kim Ghum Ri (@ghum_ri) August 2, 2022
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