It is pertinent to mention here that PTI decided to hold intra-party polls after the Supreme Court decision, upholding the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) December 22, 2023, verdict that stripped Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of its electoral symbol ‘bat’ symbol in a decision on founding member Akbar S Babar’s petition challenging the intra-party elections to be in line with the rules.
PTI decides to submit intra-party polls results to ECP
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 07, 2024
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday decided to submit the intra-party polls results to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), ARY News reported.
As per details, the intra-party election results of General Secretary, Chairman, provincial party presidents and others will be submitted by a PTI leader today.
Earlier, Akbar S Babar, founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), once again challenged the intra-party election in ECP.
PTI founding member Akbar S Babar, who later developed differences with its leadership, has filed a plea in Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against party’s recently held ‘fraud’ intra-party election.
Later talking to the media, Babar requested that the results of the PTI’s intra-party elections should be declared null and void.
Babar said only 940 people voted in the election which is only 0.11 of the party’s strength.
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