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PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar on Friday raised reservations regarding the party\u2019s operations related to its intra-party poll process, hinting that he would raise the issue with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the party had announced<\/a> that the internal elections it was mandated to carry out as per the directives<\/a> of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would be held on December 2 (Saturday). The ECP had last week ordered the PTI to hold intra-party elections within 20 days to retain the bat as its poll symbol.<\/p>\n Earlier today, the party began the process of receiving nomination papers for the polls.<\/p>\n Babar also visited the party\u2019s central secretariat in Islamabad along with others. Speaking to reporters, he said the purpose of his visit was to gain information about the intra-party polls, nomination papers and voter list.<\/p>\n \u201cMany founding PTI members with us want to take part in this election and they want to know its procedures and that nomination papers be given to us so we can fully participate in tomorrow\u2019s polls,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n However, he later told Dawn.com<\/em> that he was informed by the secretariat staff that \u201cthey do not have nomination papers, voter list and election rules\u201d, leaving him \u201cconfused\u201d about how he would participate in the polls.<\/p>\n Discussing the situation during an appearance on Dawn News<\/em> show InFocus<\/em>, Babar said he did not mean to make the intra-party polls controversial.<\/p>\n \u201c[However], this matter has become more serious after today and their (PTI) symbol of the bat will fall into more jeopardy. Maybe it is our responsibility to present all these facts [of the irregularities] before the ECP,\u201d he said, adding that it was \u201cpossible\u201d he would approach the electoral watchdog himself.<\/p>\n