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3-member bench adjourns hearing on ECP appeal against PHC order restoring party \u2018bat\u2019 symbol till 10am tomorrow
\n Islamabad
\nChief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa emphasised on Friday that democracy is a fundamental right, a principle that should be present not only in the structure of a nation but also within the fabric of political parties.
\n\u201cEvery citizen has a fundamental right to vote for a political party of its choice and every political party member has the same right too,\u201d he remarked, adding that if this right was snatched then there would be \u201cdictatorship on the national and local level\u201d.
\nThe observations came as a three-member Supreme Court bench \u2014 comprising the CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali \u2014 took up the ECP\u2019s petition challenging the Peshawar High Court\u2019s (PHC) decision to restore the PTI\u2019s iconic \u2018bat\u2019 election symbol. The proceedings were broadcast live on the apex court\u2019s website.
\nEarlier in the day, CJP Isa said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is a constitutional body and no one can interfere in its domain.
\nA three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Musarrat Hilali, is hearing the case.
\nOn Wednesday, the PHC declared as unconstitutional the ECP decision to revoke the PTI\u2019s bat electoral symbol and reject its intra-party polls. The ECP approached the SC on Thursday against the PHC decision.
\nThe high court directed the ECP to hand the PTI its electoral symbol back. The court also directed the body to upload the party\u2019s certificate of internal elections on its website.
\nHowever, in its petition to the SC, the electoral watchdog contended that the high court\u2019s decision violated the Constitution and the law.
\nPTI\u2019s intra-party elections, in which Barrister Gohar was elected as chairman of the party after being nominated by PTI founder and former chairman Imran Khan, were held on December 2 on directives issued by the electoral body.
\nHowever, the polls drew sharp criticism as estranged PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar announced that he would challenge the entire process.
\nBabar alleged that PTI had carried out a selection process aimed at throwing out party workers to give the reins to a few lawyers.
\nOn December 22, the electoral body nullified PTI\u2019s intra-party elections, declaring that the party was ineligible for obtaining its traditional electoral symbol of \u2018bat\u2019.<\/p>\n

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