PTI to contest Chakwal by-poll on symbol bat

[RajaRawal111]

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Saturday said that it would contest by-election in Chakwal district of Punjab on its symbol bat as the party had got relief from the court against the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Earlier this month, the ECP had decided that PTI as a political party could no longer contest an election on its symbol bat as it failed to hold intra-party polls a requirement needed to be fulfilled under the Political Parties Order 2002,After this, the ECP had barred the PTI candidate to contest election on bat in the by-election of PP-23 of district Chakwal. The commission had said that any ticket holder of the party could contest any up-coming by-election as an independent candidate but not on the party symbol.

Secretary General PTI Jehangir Khan Tareen in a statement said that the PTI candidate had got permission from the Lahore High Courts Rawalpindi bench to contest election on bat. He said that court had given stay order against the decision of the ECP. The party welcomes the decision of the LHC, he said.

http://nation.com.pk/national/09-Apr-2017/pti-to-contest-chakwal-by-poll-on-symbol-bat

 

[RajaRawal111]

Best development. It was looking unfair. Now we will see how much worth PTI carried on real ground.
The ban was going in its favor which was not fair for other parties.

 

[Hawk in the Sky]

bus kur day muqadas bus kur day...

 

[Jalil Malik]

PTI should now put full efforts & try to win this election.

 

[uturninqlab]

​عمران پٹواری کی تلہ گنگ کی جنگ ، پرویز الہیٰ اور زوراواری کے سنگ

 

[Pakistan-Zindabad73]

LOL Inn ke sath wohi hona he jo her election mein hota he

 

[insaf-tiger]

this is called pre poll rigging to influence the other parties supporters and make them uncertain ..when this bann was imposed there would be many who have pledged alliance since p t i cant contest now those people will stick with there pledge ..
mariam qatari league is master of dhandli

 

[Will_Bite]

Best development. It was looking unfair. Now we will see how much worth PTI carried on real ground.
The ban was going in its favor which was not fair for other parties.

Nice spin....but i gotta hear this. How was a ban on PTI going in its favor?

 

[Will_Bite]

this is called pre poll rigging to influence the other parties supporters and make them uncertain ..when this bann was imposed there would be many who have pledged alliance since p t i cant contest now those people will stick with there pledge ..
mariam qatari league is master of dhandli

Funniest part is that this seat was won by PMLN in 2013, with a decent margin. So the fact that they ahve to use ECP to try to dislodge PTI from a constituency that PMLN won in 2013 speaks volumes of their fear factor.
They are primarily worried that if they lose this seat, it will be a symbolic blow timed to coincide with fallout of the Panama verdict.