report in The Express Tribune, Dec 4th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The PTI has managed to complete the process of its intra-party elections, but in its haste, it has failed to meet several legal requirements of the polls. According to legal experts, Akbar S Babar, a PTI founding member who later developed differences with former party chief Imran Khan, has been given the best opportunity to challenge the polls because of the several flaws in the process. As…
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By Rana Ghulam Qadir in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: The PTI’s intra-party election dispute will now be settled at the Election Commission of Pakistan’s forum. According to sources, the report of PTI’s inter-party election will now be submitted to the ECP. In the decision announced on November 23, the commission had directed that intra-party elections be held within 20 days. It had also directed that the election report (Form 65) should be submitted to…
By Mushtaq Paracha in The News, Dec 4, 2023NOWSHERA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTIP) Chairman and former defence minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for what he said was conducting a ‘fake’ intra-party election. Addressing a gathering of party workers here, he said that the PTI had a history of holding fraudulent intra-party elections. Calling for democracy in the political parties, he alleged that the PTI’s intra-party elections were carried out on paper.…
Report in Dawn, December 4th, 2023KARACHI: The Jahangir Tareen-led Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) on Sunday came up with serious reservations about the role of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and accused him of being ‘biased’ and supporting ‘just one party’. Former Sindh governor and senior IPP leader Imran Ismail described the role of the poll oversight body and its chief as ‘controversial’ not only in Sindh, but across the country and…
report in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to security reasons. In an interview to a private news channel on Saturday, Ghulam Ali said there was no doubt that the situation in some areas such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu was not good and a similar situation persisted in Balochistan.…
Report in Dawn, Dec 4th, 2023KARACHI: As the country heads towards general elections expected to be held in February next year, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to the security situation. “There is no doubt that the situation in some areas such as Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu is not good,” Governor Ali replied when asked…
Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 3, 2023ISLAMABAD: Newly elected PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan has urged the Supreme Court to get the party’s rights back. Talking to the media after being elected the party chief on Saturday morning, the lawyer also requested the chief justice of Pakistan not to return his official vehicles. He further said that the people’s voices should be heard, adding that this time they would be. He added that he would…
by Imran Mukhtar in The Nation, Dec 3, 2023ISLAMABAD – Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday replaced incarcerated ex-premier Imran Khan as the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a crucial but controversial intra-party polls whose fate will be decided by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and higher courts. Barrister Gohar was elected PTI chairman unopposed in the contest held in Peshawar on the directions of the electoral watchdog. The entire panel of new…
By Asim Yasin in The News, Dec 03, 2023ISLAMABAD: Leaders of two major political parties, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN), exchanged barbs on Saturday, with the former accusing the latter of plans to abolish the 18th Amendment after coming to power and the latter blaming the former for unnecessary criticism to win over anti-PMLN votes. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Saturday whether it was in Pakistan or in…