ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf occasion chief Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday stated that his occasion will take part within the normal elections even with out getting the cricket ‘bat’ as its electoral image. Khan made the remarks throughout a gathering with journalists in Islamabad the place he responded to their questions and talked in regards to the present political scenario in Pakistan, together with the challenges confronting his occasion, particularly over the election image.
The occasion faces uncertainty over its electoral image because the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) final week rejected PTI’s intra-party elections and disadvantaged the occasion of its “cricket bat” image. Barrister Khan was elected because the occasion’s new chairman within the inside elections.
The occasion challenged the decision within the Peshawar Excessive Court docket which on December 26 suspended the ECP’s determination. The election fee challenged the excessive court docket verdict and a two-member bench of the PHC would hear the attraction on January 2.
Nevertheless, Khan stated that his occasion would take part within the Feb 8 elections even on a special image if ‘bat’ was not allotted however he would by no means depart the sector open for different events. “Even when we don’t get the bat image, we are going to nonetheless take part within the elections. PTI is not going to boycott the elections underneath any circumstances,” he stated.
He additionally rejected the impression that his occasion had any dispute with the highly effective army institution. “PTI and Imran Khan have constantly stated from the start that the army is ours, the nation is ours, and there’s no dispute with anybody, together with the institution,” he stated.
He additionally lamented on the remedy meted out to his occasion which he termed as “unprecedented” and requested the Supreme Court docket to take motion towards lack of a stage taking part in discipline for the occasion based by Imran Khan.
His remarks got here because the PTI confronted uncommon stress to get honest remedy within the run as much as the elections. The occasion bumped into hassle after Could 9 violence when its supporters attacked army installations.
The occasion faces uncertainty over its electoral image because the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) final week rejected PTI’s intra-party elections and disadvantaged the occasion of its “cricket bat” image. Barrister Khan was elected because the occasion’s new chairman within the inside elections.
The occasion challenged the decision within the Peshawar Excessive Court docket which on December 26 suspended the ECP’s determination. The election fee challenged the excessive court docket verdict and a two-member bench of the PHC would hear the attraction on January 2.
Nevertheless, Khan stated that his occasion would take part within the Feb 8 elections even on a special image if ‘bat’ was not allotted however he would by no means depart the sector open for different events. “Even when we don’t get the bat image, we are going to nonetheless take part within the elections. PTI is not going to boycott the elections underneath any circumstances,” he stated.
He additionally rejected the impression that his occasion had any dispute with the highly effective army institution. “PTI and Imran Khan have constantly stated from the start that the army is ours, the nation is ours, and there’s no dispute with anybody, together with the institution,” he stated.
He additionally lamented on the remedy meted out to his occasion which he termed as “unprecedented” and requested the Supreme Court docket to take motion towards lack of a stage taking part in discipline for the occasion based by Imran Khan.
His remarks got here because the PTI confronted uncommon stress to get honest remedy within the run as much as the elections. The occasion bumped into hassle after Could 9 violence when its supporters attacked army installations.
