“You haven’t held elections for five years, which is not right in our opinion.” Dialogue between the Chairman of the Election Commission and the PTI lawyer

Chairman of the Election Commission

The elections are coming and they want this matter to be resolved quickly and they do not want the largest party to be excluded from the electoral arena. Lawyer Ali Zafar's argument during the public hearing regarding the party's internal elections

“You have not held elections for five years, which is not right in our opinion. » Mayoral election.

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission asks all petitioners for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf intra-party elections to submit their responses in the next public hearing. According to details, a five-member committee headed by Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja will hear the petition and PTI Chairman Advocate Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the committee and Akbar S - M. Babar and others petitioners also attended the court.

During the hearing, PTI lawyer Ali Zafar said in his argument that after the party elections, the election symbols should be allotted within 7 days and we will do it within 20 days as per the guidelines of the Electoral Commission. We have said it, we do not want to organize elections according to the instructions of the Electoral Commission. "Major political parties should be kept away from election symbols. This decision will not leave a good impression on the Election Commission. So, as the elections approach, they should immediately receive certificates with bat symbols. smile. I hope the matter will be decided" soon.

At that time, the chairman of the electoral commission said: "No elections have been held for five years, which is not correct in our opinion", to which Ali Zafar replied: "We will organize elections in accordance with your orders.” We have implemented it, but the board's decision is not correct." The Peshawar High Court is a decision of the Election Commission. "We cannot take a final decision on this issue," said l PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan's lawyer in a letter to the Chairman of the Election Commission, adding that the commission could not take a final decision on this matter. "The Election Commission has taken the final decision in this matter. We must first hear the petitioner's position and then we will present our arguments." The hearing concludes on Friday and all petitioners have been invited to file their responses.