Discrepancies found in PML-N, PPP’s foreign funding during ECP scrutiny

ISLAMABAD, December 31: Startling revelations have emerged during the scrutiny of
foreign funding of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
According to sources privy to the foreign funding details, no records of multi-million donationsreceived by the PPP and PML-N have been found. “The PML-N has not submitted bankstatements of seven of its accounts out of the total nine it has submitted before the ECP,” theysaid adding that these accounts have been pointed by the PTI’s auditors and were allegedlyconcealed by the PML-N leadership.
Out of seven of these concealed accounts, the sources said that five of them are being operated inPunjab while one each is in KP and Sindh. “PML-N has failed to share details of Rs450 million,”
they said adding that the party has only presented a record of two percent of its accounts.
Moreover, the sources claimed that the PPP and PPP-Parliamentarians have unlawfully
transferred money to each other as the latter have transferred Rs100 million to the former.
“The PPP has also not presented a record of Rs450 million of its donations,” they said addingthat the PPP has also not submitted bank statements of 10 of its accounts. -DNA