The Peshawar High Court in Pakistan delivered a significant blow to Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) by restoring the Election Commission of Pakistan's order that suspended the party's intra-party polls and invalidated its cricket bat electoral symbol.
The verdict, announced by Judge Ejaz Khan following the review petitions from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), overturned PTI's intra-party elections and the retention of its iconic cricket bat symbol. The ECP had previously rejected PTI's intra-party elections on December 22, leading to the deprivation of the party's cricket bat symbol. Subsequently, Barrister Gohar Khan was elected as the party's new chairman during the internal elections held in December.
PTI contested the ECP's decision in the Peshawar High Court, which, on December 26, suspended the ECP's ruling on the party's intra-party polls and the subsequent revocation of its symbolic cricket bat. However, the election commission challenged the high court's decision, leading to the recent verdict announced during the hearing presided over by Justice Khan.
(With Agency Inputs)
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