Islamabad: An important meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan regarding an election symbol to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to be expected soon.
The ECP meeting will be chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja.
The ECP will hold consultation on the PHC today’s verdict. The ECP legal wing will brief the meeting about the legal points regarding the verdict.
The meeting will also deliberate upon to challenge the PHC verdict. The ECP not received the PHC verdict yet.
Earlier today, the Peshawar High Court restored Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) election symbol bat while annulling the ECP verdict in the intra party elections.
The PHC divisional bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Aijaz Anwar pronounced reserved verdict in the PTI intra party election and election symbol case.
The court accepted the PTI petition while the court also suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) verdict in this regard.
The PHC has ordered the ECP to allot bat symbol to the PTI.
In its verdict the court said that the PTI is the political party and it needs an election symbol adding that the ECP verdict in the case was not right.
The PHC also ordered the ECP to issue the PTI a party certificate.
