{"id":38718,"date":"2023-12-23T01:22:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T01:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/barrister-gohar-announces-to-challenge-ecp-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T01:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T01:22:07","slug":"barrister-gohar-announces-to-challenge-ecp-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/barrister-gohar-announces-to-challenge-ecp-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrister Gohar announces to challenge ECP decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barrister Gohar announces to challenge ECP decision to a high court<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Terming it as a \u201cplot\u201d against the erstwhile ruling party, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the former chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), announced on Friday that they would challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) decision to revoke the party\u2019s signature election symbol, the \u2018bat,\u2019 by approaching a high court.<\/p>\n

The ECP, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, had earlier declared PTI\u2019s intra-party elections as unlawful in its reserved verdict, resulting in the withdrawal of the party\u2019s election symbol.<\/p>\n

Speaking to a private TV channel, Barrister Gohar expressed his party\u2019s longstanding concerns about the ECP, accusing the electoral watchdog of exclusively focusing on his party\u2019s matters without monitoring other parties.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that the PTI had conducted intra-party elections in compliance with the party\u2019s law and constitution, challenging the ECP to specify which law or section of the constitution had been violated during PTI\u2019s intra-party polls.<\/p>\n

According to Gohar, the ECP\u2019s decision was politically motivated and influenced by personal biases, alleging that the intra-party polls were conducted within the legal framework.<\/p>\n

Gohar criticized the ECP for not addressing the PTI\u2019s queries in its response filed in the Peshawar High Court (PHC).<\/p>\n

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He questioned which section of the Elections Act 2017 was violated by his party. He asserted that the decision to withdraw the \u2018bat\u2019 symbol was a conspiracy aimed at confusing PTI\u2019s supporters and candidates during the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n

Responding to allegations of bias, Gohar pointed out that the Supreme Court had issued an order regarding the foreign funding case involving all political parties.<\/p>\n

While recovery proceedings were initiated against the PTI, he claimed that other political parties were overlooked by the authorities, indicating a biased approach by the ECP. Gohar stated that all these circumstances spoke for themselves.<\/p>\n

Regarding the upcoming elections, Gohar mentioned that the PTI had a \u201cPlan B\u201d in place and dismissed the possibility of his party boycotting the election.<\/p>\n

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Barrister Gohar announces to challenge ECP decision to a high court Terming it as a \u201cplot\u201d against the erstwhile ruling party, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the former chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), announced on Friday that they would challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) decision to revoke the party\u2019s signature election symbol, the \u2018bat,\u2019 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