ISLAMABAD: One day after the Supreme Court decided in favor of the beleaguered party in the reserved seats issue, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) scheduled a hearing for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) intra-party election case on Saturday.
On July 23, the previous ruling party’s intra-party election dispute will be heard by a five-member court led by the chief election commissioner (CEC).
The Imran-founded party lost “its organizational structure on lapsing of 5 years,” and the top electoral body expressed multiple concerns about the party’s “status” prior to this development after the latter’s answer to the ECP in May was deemed insufficient.
In an attempt to allay the PTI’s concerns, the election monitor gave the party a two-page questionnaire after the latter—which ruled the nation from 2018 to 2022—submitted paperwork about its intra-party elections.
Along with asking why the former ruling party’s registration should not be delisted and levying a fine for missing intra-party elections on time, the ECP questioned the PTI’s current “status” as a political party.
The initial query from the commission stated that the PTI “Did not hold intra-party elections within five years, in violation of Section 208(1).” Consequently, after five years had passed, it lost its organizational framework. How does PTI currently stand as a political party from this angle?”
