ISLAMABAD
\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected Akbar S. Babar\u2019s request for the reconduct of the intra-party elections of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.
\nA five-member ECP bench under the head of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard a set of petitions filed by PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar, Tahir Nawaz, Noreen Farooq and others challenging the recently held intra-party polls of the Tehreek-i-Insaf.
\nSecretary Election Commission Umar Hameed Khan, 14 petitioners and others appeared before the commission. During the case proceedings, the bench remarked that Section 215 of the Election Act is very clear about it.
\nWhile rejecting petitioner Babar\u2019s plea, the commission said forget about the reconduct of the PTI intra-party elections. While issuing notice to the PTI for December 12, the commission adjourned the case hearing.
\nPetitioner Akbar S. Babar\u2019s lawyer Ali Hassan argued that the PTI Election Commission was formed two days before the elections, no voter list was made and elections were held two days later.
\nECP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa member inquired what is written in the Article 5 of the PTI Constitution? Babar\u2019s lawyer said that it means to conduct the election in a closed room. The ECP member told the lawyer off asking him not to cut jokes here. The lawyer requested the commission to suspend the newly-elected members of the PTI.
\nBabar\u2019s lawyer said that when we went to the party\u2019s central secretariat, no one cooperated there, we have video evidence that they went to collect the nomination papers, no one knew anything, the nomination papers were not received, and neither scrutiny nor the final list was found.
\nThe Election Commission rejected the lawyer\u2019s request to re-hold the PTI intra-party elections. ECP Member Karamullah said Section 215 of Election Act is clear, forget re-election.
\nDuring the hearing, the lawyer of the petitioner, Raja Tahir Nawaz Abbasi, also appeared before the Election Commission and took a stand that under the constitution, everyone should have the opportunity to participate in the election. Intra-party elections were held at an unknown place in Peshawar. Some people who are in jail, they submitted their nomination papers. The people in jail and absconders have been elected as office-bearers of the party.
\nLawyer Raja Tahir Nawaz pleaded that the entire election process was fake, this election should be declared null and void. The Chief Election Commissioner inquired whether there was any written complaint to the party, to which Babar\u2019s lawyer said no, we did not make any written complaint.
\nTheir papers have arrived and the commission should look into them. On this occasion, the video of Babar going to the PTI Central Secretariat was also played in front of the Election Commission. The lawyer said that they are ready to provide the mobiles from which they made videos for forensics.
\nThe lawyer said that the Election Commission had admitted the videos as evidence in the past. We are ready to give an affidavit in this regard. Do not recognize the fraudulent intra-party elections of December 2. On December 2, Tehreek-e-Insaf violated the Election Commission\u2019s order. The Election Commission should again conduct intra-party elections of PTI under its supervision.
\nPetitioner Raja Hamid Zaman said Tehreek-e-Insaf had insulted the Election Commission by holding fake elections.
\nThe commission should initiate contempt proceedings against the PTI and take back the party\u2019s election symbol.
\nAfter hearing arguments, the Election Commission issued a notice to Tehreek-e-Insaf on the petitions of Akbar S. Babar and others against the intra-party elections and adjourned further hearing till December 12. It was not a party election, but a game was played: Babar
\nMeanwhile, talking to the media outside the ECP, Akbar S. Babar said that a game was played in the garb of democracy. He said one person asked people to make him prime minister for the fourth time.
\nHe said people say that the PTI is going through a hard time. He lamented that laws are not implemented in Pakistan. Taking a dig at the former PTI chairman Imran Khan, he said the ex-PM used to say that he would make them weep, but now he himself is facing trouble.
\nWorkers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged a protest demonstration against PTI intraparty elections on the occasion of hearing of case in Election Commission of Pakistan at outside of ECP. The protesters carrying placards in their hands raised slogans against fake elections. Police force was deployed in view of the protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected Akbar S. Babar\u2019s request for the reconduct of the intra-party elections of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. A five-member ECP bench under the head of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard a set of petitions filed by PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar, Tahir Nawaz, Noreen Farooq and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-373144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n