While not specifying a political party, the politicians and campaigners, as well as various business outlets that were involved in election campaigns, confirmed that the expenditure of one candidate’s electioneering was 10 times higher than the allowed limit set by Election Act, 2017. Sahibzada Tariqullah, who was a member of the reforms committee, has confessed that expenditure of every candidate was much higher than the limit fixed by the laws. “At the time when the committee was discussing the limit of expenditures, several candidates objected to Rs4 million limit as they informed the committee that generally, the cost for election campaign runs over Rs40 million for an NA candidate. “Only angels can attain results within the limit for candidates’ expenditure set by the ECP,” he said. Politicians from other parts of the country confirmed that the total expenditures of one candidate’s campaign were higher than Rs40 million.

Source: Pakistan Today August 02, 2018 14:11 UTC