Gohar Khan says PTI to challenge ECP decision in SC and PHC

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Saturday that the party was “deeply upset” over the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to nullify the PTI’s intra-party polls and taking away the party’s official symbol.

The PTI’s legal team arrived at the Peshawar High Court on Saturday to file a case.

The party expressed its intention to contest the ECP’s decision once it receives the verified decision. Even in the absence of the verified copy, PTI planned to move the court against the decision, although the court may raise objections to the non-submission of the verified ECP decision with the appeal.

The ECP in its verdict held that PTI had not conducted its intra-party elections in accordance with its constitution, the Election Act of 2017, and the Election Rules of 2017, making it ineligible to retain the election symbol of the ‘bat.’

A five-member bench of the ECP head by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja passed the order.  Nisar Ahmed Durrani, Shah Muhammad Jatoi, Babar Hassan Bharwana, and Justice (r) Ikramullah Khan were the other members of the bench.

The ECP verdict rendered Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the new chairman, no longer eligible to hold the position of PTI chairman.