ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) General Secretary Asad Umar on Tuesday apologized to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the contempt of court case filed against him by the electoral body.
The ECP heard the contempt of court case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Umar and Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry.
Umar said that there is nothing about the ECP that should be seen as an insult. I am sorry if the ECP still feels insulted. I leave myself at his mercy,” he added.
The PTI leader also submitted a reply to the show cause notice. In his reply, Umar said that the notice was illegal.
He said that the show cause notice can be sent to the ECP and not to its secretary.
The PTI leader said that I did not say anything that was insulting, adding that he neither scandalized the ECP nor tried to defame it. He said that the party has responded to the ECP’s bias against him.
He claimed that the ECP gave a malicious unilateral report in the prohibited funding case. He said that the commission has declared it as a foreign funded party and referred the case to the government for action.
ECP is only hearing cases against PTI as PTI cases are given short dates and other cases are given long dates. He said that only PTI’s scrutiny was completed in the funding case as well.
Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry’s lawyer Faisal Chaudhry said that elections are being held in their constituency. Fawad and I are both contesting elections. Therefore, it would be appropriate to give the date after the election.
The ECP adjourned the hearing of the case till February 28.
