{"id":21524,"date":"2023-12-26T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=21524"},"modified":"2023-12-26T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:17:21","slug":"pti-decides-to-challenge-ecps-verdict-in-phc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/pti-decides-to-challenge-ecps-verdict-in-phc\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI decides to challenge ECP\u2019s verdict in PHC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has declared that it will contest the Election Commission of Pakistan&#8217;s (ECP) ruling that its intra-party elections were invalid and that the party&#8217;s election emblem, the bat, should be removed.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI&#8217;s legal team will challenge the contentious ruling before the Peshawar High Court (PHC) today.<\/p>\n<p>The legal team, which is headed by Barrister Gohar and Ali Zafar, argues that the ECP&#8217;s ruling is invalid from a legal standpoint and expresses concerns about the removal of an election symbol at a non-related party&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<em><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/gohar-says-pti-to-challenge-ecp-decision-in-sc-and-phc.html\">Gohar says PTI to challenge ECP decision in SC and PHC<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The group is anticipated to submit a petition asking for the ECP&#8217;s ruling to be suspended, claiming that doing so would be in violation of the laws governing election procedures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is illegal to withdraw an election symbol at the request of an unrelated person,&#8221; the PTI Legal Team emphasized in a statement, highlighting the importance of adhering to established legal norms in electoral matters.<\/p>\n<p>Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, the Central Senior Vice President of the Awami National Party (ANP) and a former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, responded to concerns regarding the removal of the PTI&#8217;s election symbol in Mardan. During a press conference, Hoti hinted that the ANP might also remove its election symbol.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pml-n-ppp-take-exception-to-imran-khans-bail-in-cipher-case.html\">PML-N, PPP take exception to Imran Khan&amp;#8217;s bail in cipher case<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hoti stated, &#8220;Perhaps another similar decision against ANP would have to be taken in order to justify PTI&#8217;s symbol being withdrawn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decisions taken against us in the last two elections will not be tolerated anymore,&#8221; he continued to voice his displeasure. He insisted that all decisions be made in accordance with the nation&#8217;s laws and constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has declared that it will contest the Election Commission of Pakistan&#8217;s (ECP) ruling that its intra-party elections were invalid and that the party&#8217;s election emblem, the bat, should be removed. The PTI&#8217;s legal team will challenge the contentious ruling before the Peshawar High Court (PHC) today. The legal team, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,2,147],"tags":[103,194],"class_list":["post-21524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-imran-khan","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}