{"id":534636,"date":"2026-03-04T09:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=534636"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:34:26","slug":"ecp-withholds-election-symbol-of-ipp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-withholds-election-symbol-of-ipp\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP withholds election symbol of IPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has withheld electoral symbol of Istehkam Pakistan Party (IPP).<br \/>\nAs per media reports the electoral symbol has been withheld for not holding intra party elections and not filing Annual Financial Statement (AFS).<br \/>\nA five members commission under Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) heard the case. However no representative from side of IPP appeared before ECP.<br \/>\nDuring the hearing of the case DG Political Finance while giving briefing to ECP told IPP is not abiding by its constitution and election act.<br \/>\nUnder party constitution it is compulsory that intra party election of IPP should be held after every four years. IPPs intra party elections to be held in January 2026 were not held.<br \/>\nHe further told that IPP is not filing details of annual funds and expenses. Therefore, election symbol of IPP has been withheld. He recommended for delisting IPP.<br \/>\nCEC inquired was notice given to IPP.<br \/>\nUpon it DG Political Finance told notice has been issued.<br \/>\nLater the Election Commission adjourned the hearing of the case till March 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has withheld electoral symbol of Istehkam Pakistan Party (IPP). As per media reports the electoral symbol has been withheld for not holding intra party elections and not filing Annual Financial Statement (AFS). A five members commission under Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) heard the case. However no representative from side [&hellip;]<\/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-534636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECP withholds election symbol of IPP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-withholds-election-symbol-of-ipp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECP withholds election symbol of IPP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has withheld electoral symbol of Istehkam Pakistan Party (IPP). 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