ISLAMABAD – The embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on (PTI) Thursday announced holding intra-party elections on February 5, three days before the general elections.
The party after losing its iconic electoral symbol bat issued a notification, confirming that the elections will be held to elect new chairman and other officials.
A schedule shared by intra-party polls chief election commissioner Raoof Hasan said nomination papers would be received by February 2 Friday.
پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے انٹراپارٹی انتخابات کا باضابطہ شیڈیول جاری
تحریک انصاف کے انٹراپارٹی انتخابات 5 فروری بروز سوموار منعقد کروائے جائیں گے
تحریک انصاف کے فیڈرل الیکشن کمشنر رؤف حسن کی جانب سے انٹراپارٹی انتخابات کا شیڈیول جاری pic.twitter.com/OR80Ad0ZxK
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 1, 2024
The development comes after Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld ECP that nullified PTI’s intra-party elections.
As the country heads to polls without its bat symbol, it said candidates would contest elections as independents.
The PTI will release intra-party result on February 6. Following are names of election commissioners in all provinces.
| Punjab | Senator Waleed Iqbal |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Qazi Muhammad Anwar |
| Sindh | Justice (retd) Noorul Haq Qureshi |
| Balochistan | Muhammad Dawood Khan |
| Gilgit Baltistan | Shah Nasir |
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