LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf (PTI) Secretary-General Asad Umer said on Wednesday the party had submitted a petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan`s (ECP`s) report on the foreign funding case in the Islamabad High Court.

`It is not for the first time that decisions have been taken behind closed doors,` he said and added that ill-gotten money was used to hatch a foreign conspiracy. He said the National Security Committee had also acknowledged that foreign pressure was exerted to oust the PTI government from powercorridors.

Speaking at a news conference at PTPs Lahore office on Wednesday, Mr Umer said there were four mistakes in the ECP report that include the wrong presentation of facts and explanation of the relevant law. He said the ECP`s partiality against the PTI had become evident. He said overseas Pakistanis had given affidavits that they themselves had funded the party. He said Romita Shetty`s husband was Pakistani and he had given the funds to PTL He said Imran Khan had not given an affidavit but a certificate regarding the statement of funds put up by the party`s team looking after financial matters. He said the ECP was not a court but started anexplanation of the law.

He said the ECP also wrote that it could not find out the source of Rs360 million in funding to the PPP, while the PML-N did not submit its accounts` statements with the commission. He said 98 per cent source of Rs640 million funds to the PML-N was not available.

Mr Umer said the nation and Imran Khan stood together against the foreign conspiracy hatched behind closed doors and snatched Punjab`s rule from the `imported government` through the power of votes in by-elections on July 17.

`The federal government is now baffled as the old political system has been hit hard,` he said and added that the ARY news channeltransmission was suspended and a case was registered against the channel`s senior vice-president. He said the federal government was acting fiercely against everyone not toeing its ideology and narrative.

He said fake propaganda was being done to create a gulf between PTI and Pakistan Army.

`The facts behind a boy`s tweets will be clear when investigations are made in the case,` he said.

He said the PTI would do its August 14 public meeting and political rivals` dream of minus Imran Khan would never come true. He said neither there was any fear of Article 62-A nor Imran Khan could be knocked out on technical grounds.