ECP adjourns hearing of pleas against PTI's intra-party elections till Dec 14
Pakistan
Five-member ECP bench led by CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja conducts hearing of the case
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday deferred hearing of pleas against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's intra-party elections till Dec 14.
A five-member bench of the commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja conducted hearing of the case.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the commission. Akbar S. Babar and other petitioners were also present in the ECP court.
Earlier on Monday, a two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court had stopped the Election Commission of Pakistan from announcing the final verdict on the PTI's intra-party election.
The division bench, comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Atique Shah and Justice Shakeel Ahmed, sought a report from the ECP before adjourning the case until Dec 19.
The court passed the order on the PTI petition. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali, Qazi Muhammad Anwar, and other lawyers appeared before the bench.
Barrister Gohar said he was elected chairman of the PTI unopposed in the Dec 2 election. He said Akbar S. Babar had filed an application in the ECP against the election result. He said Babar was not a member of the party and had no authority to challenge the election result.
