Digital Desk: After Pakistan's electoral commission determined that Imran Khan's political party had received illicit funds from abroad, the government is requesting a ban on the organisation.
The United States, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates donated money to the Insaf party, according to the Pakistani Election Commission on Tuesday. Foreign individuals and businesses are prohibited by Pakistani law from supporting political parties. Khan has denied doing anything illegal.
Azam Nazeer
Tarar, the Minister for Law and Justice, announced at a press conference in
Islamabad that the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will begin legal
actions to try and bar Khan's party from politics.
The commission's
decision may be contested by Khan and his party before the top court. The
highest court will decide what penalty the party will get.
According to PTI
spokesman Farrukh Habib, the party will give the election commission any
information or justification it needs.
The choice is a setback for the former premier, who has been
pushing for early elections since Sharif's party ousted him in a parliamentary
vote earlier this year. Following a complaint made by Akbar Babar, a former
adviser of Khan, who claimed the party's finances contained unreported foreign
funding, the election commission launched an investigation.
The largest monthly decline in the Pakistani rupee's value against
the US dollar since Bloomberg began keeping data in 1989 was over 14% in July.
The major causes of the drop are believed to be a lack of money and worries
that ongoing political unrest may postpone an IMF rescue. The rupee is anticipated
to increase over the coming months, according to the authorities.
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