Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the commission’s verdict on PTI’s prohibited funding case “charge sheets Imran for violating the Constitution”.
“[It] charge sheets Imran for violating the Constitution submitting false affidavits and accepting foreign money,” he said.
“Proven yet again that he is a certified liar. Nation should ponder over the implications of his politics funded by foreigners,” he added.
In a tweet following the ECP order, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz chided Khan for being a “liar and money launderer”.
“Khan is the only politician of Pakistan who has been proven, in a single judgment with irrefutable evidence, to be a liar, corrupt, a money launderer, and acting on the influence of external forces,” she said.
“The idol of patriotism fell on its face today.”
In a press conference in Islamabad, PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the judgment has proved the ex-prime minister is the “biggest thief”.
Abbasi said that Khan received funding worth Rs1.5 billion illegally.
Those who gave funds to Imran Khan include Indian and Israeli citizens, he added.
A huge amount was also received from the US, the PML-N leader said, adding that the law does not allow for funds from even a single foreigner.
“If the amount was meant for welfare, then how were Rs550 million transferred into the accounts of the political party?” asked Abbasi.
“The whole conspiracy stands exposed before the masses as the funds were received by the PTI from foreign nationals and companies to do politics in Pakistan,” the PML-N leader said, adding “the law will take its course on the matter.”
PPP stalwart Farhatullah Babar hailed the CEC, ECP members, and Akbar S Babar — who filed the petition in 2014 — after the verdict.
