The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) petitions accusing the PML-N and the PPP of illegal and unlawful funding tomorrow (Tuesday).

In two separate complaints filed with the ECP, PTI leader Farrukh Habib has accused the PML-N and the PPP of concealing their sources of funds and companies registered by them in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively, and sought cancellation of election symbols allocated to them “for their failure to meet legal requirements for eligibility to obtain the symbols”.

The petitions will be heard by a five-member bench of the ECP, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Raza.

Last week, in its verdict on Hanif Abbasi's petition accusing PTI of being a foreign-funded party, the Supreme Court had sent the matter to the ECP for investigation.

"The ECP must act transparently, fairly and justly, without discrimination among different political parties," the chief justice had written in the judgement.

"For undertaking such scrutiny, it shall be reasonable for the ECP to examine the accounts of a political party within five years of the objected accounts of that party having been published in the official gazette."

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