ECP moves SC against PHC verdict on PTI intra-party polls, bat symbol
Pakistan
Petition prepared by legal team files appeal in the Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday challenged the Peshawar High Court's (PHC) decision on PTI's intra-party polls and award of bat symbol.
The decision was taken in a meeting held here to mull over the Peshawar High Court's (PHC) decision on PTI's intra-party polls and allotment of bat symbol.
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The top electoral body decided in its meeting that PHC ruling would be challenged in the Supreme Court. The legal team was asked to prepare the petition for filing in the Supreme Court.
On Wednesday the PHC had ruled that ECP's decision to declare PTI's intra-party polls as null and void was illegal. The court also directed the ECP to allot bat symbol to the party. It also ordered the election commission to issue PTI's certificate on its website.
In this regard, PTI's lawyer Ali Zafar said if ECP did not restore party's bat symbol it would be a contempt of court. He said his party was ready to fight the case if the top election body challenged the decision in the apex court.
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Earlier on Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan alloted election symbols to political parties, except the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), contesting the 2024 general elections.
According to details, the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) obtained the symbol of tiger, the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) got an arrow, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was assigned a sword, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Nazriati) a batsman, and Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) was given a bicycle symbol.
