Banks told to submit PTI foreign funding details to ECP

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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed all scheduled banks in the country to directly provide complete details of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) foreign funding for the period from 2009 to 2013 to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

In November 2014, Akbar S. Babar, a founding member of the PTI, had accused the party leadership of corruption and alleged that the party had been illegally funded over the years.

The case, which has been moving at snail's pace due to what was once described as "delaying tactics", is currently with the ECP.

For more details on why the SBP has asked all the banks to provide the PTI's funding details to the ECP, read this.

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