ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of security officials from police and rangers have been deployed outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and other important places ahead of the ECP’s verdict in Toshakhana reference against Imran Khan at 2pm today (Oct 21).
Islamabad administration has also deployed water cannons, and armoured vehicles along with teargas shells to maintain law and order in the capital city before and after the announcement of Toshakhana reference decision.
Till the filing of this news, the ECP officials were holding an emergency meeting to discuss Toshakhana reference and security situation in the city.
The ECP has notified all the respondents, including the former PM Imran Khan about its decision of announcing its verdict tomorrow. On Sept 19, the commission had reserved its decision in this case and announcing it after Friday prayer, at 2pm.
Notably, from 2018 to 2022, Imran Khan retained some gifts from the Toshakhana when he was Prime Minister. He, nonetheless, did not declare some of the precious gifts in his annual statements of assets provided to the ECP.
Under the ECP law, all the lawmakers are supposed to declare their assets with the ECP every year.
Imran Khan not only retained gifts from Toshakhana but also sold some of them in the market and earned millions of rupees.
In a 60-page reply submitted to the ECP bench hearing one of the references, former PM Imran Khan admitted that he did not declare some of the gifts.
The ECP member from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ikramullah, maintained that a lawmaker is bound to declare the source of money he deposits with the Toshakhana to retain the gifts.
