by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 28th, 2023There’s been a lot of “bat blood” between the PTI and the Election Commission over the past few days, and the controversy over the party’s election symbol seems all set to land in the Supreme Court. However, as the Election Commission prepares to challenge the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision to restore PTI’s symbol, experts are divided on whether the top court will entertain the ECP’s petition to…
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By Waseem Ahmad Shah in Dawn, December 27th, 2023PESHAWAR: In another legal victory for the PTI, the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended an order of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which had declared the former ruling party’s intra-party polls ‘void’ and revoked its electoral symbol last week. Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel pronounced a short order on a petition, jointly filed by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali and six other leaders, requesting the court…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: In a strange twist, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday faced conflicting assertions after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarian (PTI-P) chief Pervez Khattak stirred the political pot by alleging he had been “offered” the symbol ahead of the upcoming elections. The claims raised alarms among observers and the supporters of the PTI, speculating that the ECP’s action to withdraw the symbol – amid concerns that the party…
by Ikram Junaidi | Mansoor Malik | Waseem Ahmad Shah in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023PESHAWAR/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The PTI is expected to approach the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday (today) in a bid to retain the ‘bat’ as the party’s symbol for the upcoming elections. “It is our legitimate right to contest the upcoming general election with the symbol of bat,” party spokesperson Raoof Hasan told Dawn, referring to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s Dec 22…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 20th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A five-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, on Tuesday reserved a judgement on a matter linked with the allocation of ‘bat’ as poll symbol to PTI. Setting a new precedence, the ECP had taken notice of the intra-party elections of PTI in which Barrister Gohar Ali was easily elected as the party’s new chairman.…
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, Dec 7, 2023Dhaka: The governing Awami League has successfully brought together moderate, small, Islamic, and other parties, including the Jatiya Party (JaPa), to participate in the forthcoming 12th parliamentary elections that have been boycotted by the de facto opposition party, BNP. However, instead of competing against the Awami League, these parties are interested in collaborating and sharing seats with the ruling party. Many of these political parties have even…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 6, 2023Jatiya Party (JaPa) remains uneasy despite the decision to participate in the elections. A significant section of the party’s leaders is adamant about securing victory in the elections and, to achieve this, is pushing for the boat symbol, the electoral symbol of governing Awami League. JaPa leaders assert that the ruling Awami League has nominated its own candidates, and the electoral landscape has become further complicated by the presence…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, Dec 03, 2023KARACHI: The PTI’s intra-party election could go either way for the party, with electoral and constitutional experts saying that the PTI’s fate as an enlisted party and its election symbol both hang in the balance until the ECP notifies the party’s intra-party poll results. As the PTI’s founding member Akbar S Babar raised objections to the process adopted by the party for its intra-party polls, and with…
by Ali Hamza in The Nation, November 24, 2023ISLAMABAD – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday ruled that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) intra- party polls lacked transparency, directing the party to conduct new elections if it wanted to keep its “bat” symbol. A four-member bench, headed by Nisar Ahmed Durrani and comprising Shah Mohammad Jatoi, Babar Hussain Bharwana, and Justice (Retd) Ikramullah Khan, issued a reserved judegment instructing PTI to conduct new elections within…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 01, 2023Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, who was among the chief ideologues of the decade-long Maoist movement, is currently chair of the Nepal Samajbadi Party. His party contested with the symbol of CPN (Maoist Centre) in the November 2022 elections, after severing ties with Upendra Yadav-led Janata Samajbadi Party. Following the promulgation of the constitution, as a political experiment, Bhattarai ditched the mother Maoist party and…