{"id":39786,"date":"2023-12-25T18:47:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T18:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/electoral-symbol-bat-pti-will-file-plea-with-phc\/"},"modified":"2023-12-25T18:47:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T18:47:10","slug":"electoral-symbol-bat-pti-will-file-plea-with-phc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/electoral-symbol-bat-pti-will-file-plea-with-phc\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral symbol \u2018Bat\u2019: PTI will file plea with PHC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Electoral symbol \u2018Bat\u2019: PTI will file plea with PHC against ECP verdict<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Monday its intention to file a petition with the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to regain the party\u2019s iconic \u2018bat\u2019 symbol. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently declared the PTI\u2019s intra-party polls \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and revoked its claim to the electoral symbol, potentially affecting the party\u2019s participation in upcoming elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

PTI central spokesperson Moazzam Butt told a private TV channel that the PHC would be the chosen venue, with the petition prepared and ready for submission on Tuesday. The party aims to expedite the process, urging the court to nullify the ECP\u2019s decision and deem it illegal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The central spokesperson criticized the ECP\u2019s ruling, attributing it to a petition filed by an \u201cirrelevant person,\u201d referring to former PTI member Akbar S Babar. Babar contested the intra-party elections held on December 2, alleging irregularities and prompting the ECP\u2019s intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the ECP\u2019s decision, not only did the PTI lose its electoral symbol, but Barrister Gohar Khan\u2019s election as chairman was also declared illegal. Gohar, expressing hope for the symbol\u2019s restoration, criticized the ECP and anticipated support from the courts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electoral symbol \u2018Bat\u2019: PTI will file plea with PHC against ECP verdict LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Monday its intention to file a petition with the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to regain the party\u2019s iconic \u2018bat\u2019 symbol. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently declared the PTI\u2019s intra-party polls \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and revoked its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39787,"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:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ECP-PTI-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-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