{"id":31226,"date":"2023-12-03T23:14:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-elects-office-bearers-in-ecp-mandated-polls\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T23:14:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T23:14:05","slug":"pti-elects-office-bearers-in-ecp-mandated-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-elects-office-bearers-in-ecp-mandated-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI elects office-bearers in ECP-mandated polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PTI\u2019s chief election commissioner announces results of the intra-party elections on Saturday.\u2014Dawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

PESHAWAR: Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was elected new chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the intra-party polls which took place here on Saturday, as per the direction<\/a> of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).<\/p>\n

Party\u2019s chief election commissioner Niazullah Niazi, while announcing the results, said Mr Gohar has been elected the new chairman whereas Omar Ayub Khan is the central general secretary of the party. He said new officer-bearers have been elected unopposed.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Niazi, Dr Yasim Ras\u00adhid has been elected PTI Punjab chief, while former minister Ali Amin Khan Ganad\u00adapur will head the party\u2019s KP chapter.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Haleem Adil Sheikh was elected party\u2019s Sindh chapter chief, while Munir Baloch will lead the Balochistan chapter. The intra-party polls took place at a cricket ground near the Peshawar interchange of M-1 Motorway.<\/p>\n

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Chairman Gohar says Imran has \u2018buried\u2019 hereditary politics, asks CJP for justice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There were over 200 party workers present on this occasion; however, none of the prominent party leaders were present. The only familiar faces who were present on the occasion were some of the former MPAs from the provincial capital besides local leaders from across the city and lawyers associated with the party\u2019s legal wing.<\/p>\n

\u2018Elected unopposed\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talking to reporters, Barrister Gohar said his panel with Omar Ayub Khan emerged as the only one for the party\u2019s top slots. Similarly, Mr Khan said that one panel each from the provinces entered the electoral fray and all of them were elected unopposed.<\/p>\n

He said a formal notification of the election would be issued on Sunday and added that it would be submitted to the ECP on Monday. Mr Khan said their \u2018unopposed election\u2019 was testimony to the fact that only Imran Khan\u2019s decision mattered in the party.<\/p>\n

He said that more than 180 cases have been instituted against them and each day a new case was being registered. He complained that they did not get the desired relief from the courts. \u201cEven today more than half of our leadership is underground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrister Khan said that the party which was being imposed on this country had neither credibility nor popularity among the masses. \u201cPeople\u2019s voice needs to be heard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said there were about 175 political parties in the country and all the political parties submitted their elections [results] to the ECP. \u201cNone of the parties\u2019 intra-party polls have garnered so much scrutiny\u2026as has PTI\u2019s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Barrister Khan said he was the successor and the representative of Imran Khan. He said they had presented the former premier with an option to make someone from his family the party\u2019s chief; however, the proposal was rejected by him.<\/p>\n

Gohar visits secretariat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Later, the new party chief visited the PTI Central Secretariat in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

Central Information Secretary Raoof Hassan welcomed the PTI chairman and said Imran Khan buried the politics of inheritance by nominating a worker as the party chairman.<\/p>\n

Raoof Hasan said the PTI CEC and other officials of the election commission \u201cdeserved all applause for conducting the intra-party elections in a very transparent, smooth and successful manner\u201d.<\/p>\n

He contended that the PTI reiterated its unflinching commitment to democracy and adherence to the constitution and law by holding intra-party elections despite a challenging environment.<\/p>\n

In a comment on the claims made by PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar, the PTI leader said that Mr Babar was not a member of the PTI as he was launched to keep the former ruling party out of the general elections.<\/p>\n

Ikram Junaidi in Islamabad also contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PTI\u2019s chief election commissioner announces results of the intra-party elections on Saturday.\u2014Dawn PESHAWAR: Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was elected new chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the intra-party polls which took place here on Saturday, as per the direction of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Party\u2019s chief election commissioner Niazullah Niazi, while announcing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/12\/03033530ceb3c02.jpg?r=033603","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t