PTI candidates cleared to contest elections with bat symbol
Key takeaways
- The court declared that the Election Commission’s earlier decision to cancel party’s registration was illegal.
- The court ordered the Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to immediately restore PTI’s registration as a political party.
- The Election Commission of AJK had previously suspended and later cancelled PTI’s registration following internal party disputes and lack of intra-party elections at the central level in Pakistan.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has secured a major legal victory in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as the AJK High Court ruled in favor of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), directing the Election Commission to register the party and allow its candidates to contest elections with the bat symbol.
According to details, a larger bench of the AJK High Court headed by Chief Justice Sadaqat Hussain Raja announced the verdict on a petition filed by PTI Azad Kashmir President and former Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi. The court declared that the Election Commission’s earlier decision to cancel party’s registration was illegal.
The court ordered the Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to immediately restore PTI’s registration as a political party. It also directed that PTI candidates will be eligible to contest the upcoming AJK Legislative Assembly elections with the party’s traditional electoral symbol, the bat.