{"id":63159,"date":"2025-01-21T13:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T08:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63159"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:09:19","slug":"ecp-hearing-on-intra-party-elections-pti-chairman-defends-partys-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/ecp-hearing-on-intra-party-elections-pti-chairman-defends-partys-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP hearing on Intra party elections: PTI chairman defends party’s stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan<\/a> (ECP) recently conducted a hearing on the intra-party elections of the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).<\/p>\n

Before the hearing<\/span>\u00a0started<\/span>, PTI Chairman<\/a> Barrister Gohar Ali Khan while talking to the media <\/span>said<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>“<\/span>Inter-party election in our party was held per constitution and the law”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the ECP has\u00a0<\/span>yet\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span>a certificate,\u00a0<\/span>PTI is the largest party in the country<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>furnished<\/span>\u00a0constitutional and legal\u00a0<\/a><\/span>responses<\/span>\u00a0to the ECP. Barrister Gohar\u00a0<\/span>further<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0the party<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hopes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>papers<\/span>\u00a0taken from their office will be returned.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hearing,\u00a0<\/span>chaired<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Chief Election Commissioner\u00a0<\/span>CEC<\/span>\u00a0Sikandar Sultan Raja<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was attended by\u00a0<\/span>PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar<\/span>. The CEC\u00a0<\/span>informed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span>that the case\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pending<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>since April 30, 2024,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0PTI\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>yet\u00a0<\/span>filed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a written\u00a0<\/span>reply<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>To this,\u00a0<\/span>Barrister Gohar\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0that PTI\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>replied<\/span>\u00a0to the notice and\u00a0<\/span>would<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>present<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0response to the petitions\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0the next hearing. The ECP adjourned the hearing until February 11<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>while<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ordering\u00a0<\/span>PTI to\u00a0<\/span>file<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>reply<\/span>\u00a0by then.<\/span><\/p>\n

He told again\u00a0<\/span>after the hearing,\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>news<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>conference:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>PTI is the only party that\u00a0<\/span>did<\/span>\u00a0intra-party\u00a0<\/span>election<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has its\u00a0<\/span>intra-party election certificate\u00a0<\/span>not being issued<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>while<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>PTI\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0the sixth\u00a0<\/span>biggest<\/span>\u00a0political party\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span> the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gohar\u00a0<\/span>further<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>informed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the court\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>total<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>five petitioners\u00a0<\/span>against PTI intra-party elections, the petitions were not\u00a0 <\/span>contested<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and they\u00a0<\/span>would<\/span>\u00a0reply\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>next<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hearing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ECP<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

He\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>PTI’s symbol is Imran Khan,\u00a0<\/span>who<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has written a letter to the\u00a0<\/span>Speaker of the\u00a0<\/span>National Assembly\u00a0<\/span>for the appointment of a new Chief Election Commissioner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, PTI founder Akbar S Babar also\u00a0addressed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>press<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>conference<\/span>\u00a0saying that PTI<\/span> accounts should be froze till the\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>decision<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the case<\/span>. He\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0that PTI’s organizational\u00a0<\/span>setup<\/span>\u00a0has no legal status and\u00a0<\/span>currently it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>ruled by the infiltrators who <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>link<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Akbar S Babar\u00a0<\/span>further<\/span>\u00a0alleged that a\u00a0<\/span>coterie<\/span>\u00a0of vested interests has\u00a0<\/span>captured<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0PTI, and the\u00a0<\/span>judgment<\/span>\u00a0in the \u00a3190 million foreign funding case has\u00a0<\/span>brought<\/span>\u00a0many people\u00a0<\/span>into<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>limelight<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently conducted a hearing on the intra-party elections of the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Before the hearing\u00a0started, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan while talking to the media said,\u00a0“Inter-party election in our party was held per constitution and the law”.\u00a0\u00a0 He\u00a0said\u00a0the ECP has\u00a0yet\u00a0to\u00a0issue\u00a0a certificate,\u00a0PTI is the largest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[491,11323,194],"class_list":["post-63159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-election-commission-of-pakistan","tag-intra-party-elections","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63159","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=63159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63184,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63159\/revisions\/63184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}