{"id":326683,"date":"2023-04-19T05:04:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T00:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=326683"},"modified":"2023-04-19T05:04:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T00:04:14","slug":"funds-for-punjab-polls-not-received-ecp-tells-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/funds-for-punjab-polls-not-received-ecp-tells-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Funds for Punjab polls not received, ECP tells SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top intel officials brief apex court about security situation in Punjab and KP<br \/>\n ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday submitted a report to the Supreme Court of Pakistan stating that it had not received funds for elections in Punjab from the State Bank of Pakistan.<br \/>\nThe apex court had ordered the submission of a progress report regarding the provision of funds for elections in Punjab. The ECP was ordered to submit a progress report regarding the delivery of funds today as the dateline set by the SC expired yesterday.<br \/>\nThe ECP in its report informed the top court that the SBP did not transfer Rs21 billion for Punjab elections despite the direction of the court. Earlier, country\u2019s top intelligence officers including the ISI director general have called on Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial to discuss the issue of providing security during the elections in Punjab.<br \/>\nAccording to sources, those who met the CJP including Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) director general, Military Intelligence (MI) director general, Military Operations (MO) director general and defence secretary.<br \/>\nThe meeting which lasted for over three hours was held in CJP\u2019s chamber on Monday. Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar were also present in the CJP\u2019s chamber during the meeting.<br \/>\nThe intelligence officers updated the top justices about the country\u2019s security situation, the sources said. The Supreme Court had earlier sought a report from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) about security provision during the elections by April 17.<br \/>\nThe second deadline set by the Supreme Court for releasing funds to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for elections in Punjab was expired on Tuesday. The Supreme Court had ordered the State Bank to release the funds by April 17 during an in-chamber hearing on April 14 last. 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