ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has been barred by the Election Commission of Pakistan from using the bat as its electoral symbol.
The decision is a result of PTI’s failure to hold intra-party elections in 2016.
The ECP, however, added that till the political party successfully conducts intra-party elections, it will not be assigned the ‘Bat’ symbol for any elections in future.
Late last month, the ECP stressed that PTI was ineligible to be allotted the ‘Bat’ symbol to contest for any election under sections 11 and 12 of the Political Parties Order (PPO) 2002.
ECP officials said the Commission had withdrawn the ‘Bat’ symbol for PTI in the upcoming by-elections in Chakwal. It is noteworthy that PTI last conducted intra-party elections on March 23, 2013.
