PTI filed a review petition against the decision to withdraw the bat symbol

PTI filed a review petition against the decision to withdraw the bat symbol

In the appeal, the request to declare the decision null and void and to give the election symbol of the bat to Tehreek-e-Insaf was rejected.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on the decision to withdraw the bat symbol.

According to the details, the revision petition has been filed by senior lawyers Hamid Khan and Barrister Ali Zafar on behalf of PTI, who have made the complainants in the High Court along with the Election Commission a party in the petition.

Diary No. 2423/2024 has been allotted, in which Tehreek-e-Insaf has requested the Supreme Court to review the decision of the intra-party elections.

In this regard, PTI believes that the intra-party elections were conducted according to the party constitution, the Supreme Court did not properly evaluate the facts related to the intra-party elections, the matter of withdrawing the bat symbol should be seen in the whole context.

Withdrawing the election symbol from any political party is a violation of the fundamental rights of the voters, the right to form a political party and participate in the elections is in the Constitution of Pakistan.

Declare the decision null and void and the Supreme Court should review its decision and restore the decision of the Peshawar High Court.

It has been stated in the petition that the Election Commission exceeded its powers by withdrawing the election symbol, the Election Commission does not have the authority to review the intra-party elections, every possible effort is being made to exclude the Tehreek-e-Insaf from the general elections.

People dressed as PTI kept abducting PTI candidates day in and day out, sometimes they were prevented from submitting their papers and sometimes their supporters and supporters were arrested.

Justice should also provide a level playing field, but the Election Commission is taking action against the founder PTI Imran Khan by going to jail instead of taking action against those responsible.

It should be noted that the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Election Commission to declare the intra-party elections of Tehreek-e-Insaf invalid and upheld the decision to take the election symbol of the bat from PTI.

Issued a written decision related to the 38-page decision written by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa and said in the decision that the decision of the Peshawar High Court is null and void by accepting the appeal of the Election Commission.

kept the members ignorant, according to the law, PTI cannot be given election symbol of bat, Election Commission issued several show-cause notices to PTI, despite the show-cause notices, PTI did not hold intra-party elections.

In a detailed decision, the Supreme Court declared that according to the Election Act, the Election Commission can withdraw the election symbol from a political party, the election symbol can be withdrawn if intra-party elections are not held, those who win intra-party elections get this power. that they run the party affairs, the Election Commission has the power not to mark the election if there is no intra-party election, when the Election Commission gave Tehreek-e-Insaf one year time for intra-party elections, Tehreek-e-Insaf was in the government at that time.

At that time Imran Khan was the Prime Minister, at that time there were also Tehreek-e-Insaf governments in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, despite issuing several notices and giving extra time, Tehreek-e-Insaf did not hold intra-party elections.

The decision said that Tehreek-e-Insaf ignored the legal requirements in holding the intra-party elections, therefore the Peshawar High Court's decision of January 10, 2024 is declared null and void and the Election Commission's decision of December 22, 2023 is restored.

It is incomprehensible that the Peshawar High Court asked the petitioner to appear before the Election Commission. After 20 days, the Peshawar High Court ruled that the Election Commission cannot do anything related to the intra-party elections.

Ignored, the Peshawar High Court did not even wait for the final decision of the Lahore High Court.

The Supreme Court said that this matter was under hearing in the Lahore High Court before the larger bench, before the Peshawar High Court it was not just a matter of certificate but it was a matter of PTI intra-party election.

How can the matter be maintained, the Election Commission has complete authority in such circumstances, how can the High Court declare the decision of the Election Commission on December 22 as illegal, Peshawar High Court's interference in the powers of the Election Commission is exceeding its powers. .