{"id":28437,"date":"2023-11-25T18:22:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T18:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-approaches-shc-to-retain-bat-symbol-for-polls\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T18:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T18:22:06","slug":"pti-approaches-shc-to-retain-bat-symbol-for-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-approaches-shc-to-retain-bat-symbol-for-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI approaches SHC to retain \u2018bat\u2019 symbol for polls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Friday moved the Sindh High Court against the directive of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold intra-party election within 20 days in order to retain its electoral symbol, bat, alleging that the move was part of an effort to keep the party away from elections.<\/p>\n
PTI\u2019s Sindh president Haleem Adil Shaikh and retired Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi through their counsel Barrister Ali Tahir filed the petition, seeking directives for respondents to give level playing field to all political parties for upcoming general elections and hold free and fair polls under judicial oversight through appointment of judicial officers as district returning officers.<\/p>\n
Citing the federation through cabinet secretary, chief secretary and ECP as respondents, the petitioners alleged a \u201ccomplete connivan\u00ad\u00adce\u201d between respondents indicated an effort to oust PTI from elections. They asserted the PTI faced numerous challenges, including cases against its leadership, restrictions on freedom of speech, holding conventions and assembly and demolition of houses of party\u2019s leaders, aimed to sideline the party from participating freely in the elections and a systematic effort to curb its influence and suppress the fundamental rights of its members.<\/p>\n