Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chief Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday said that his party will participate in the general elections even without getting the cricket ‘bat’ as its electoral symbol.
Khan made the remarks during a meeting with journalists in Islamabad where he responded to their questions and talked about the current political situation in Pakistan, including the challenges confronting his party, especially over the election symbol.
The party faces uncertainty over its electoral symbol as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) last week rejected PTI’s intra-party elections and deprived the party of its “cricket bat” symbol.
Barrister Khan was elected as the party’s new chairman in the internal elections.
The party challenged the verdict in the Peshawar High Court which on December 26 suspended the ECP’s decision. The election commission challenged the high court verdict and a two-member bench of the PHC would hear the appeal on January 2.
However, Khan said that his party would participate in the Feb 8 elections even on a different symbol if ‘bat’ was not allotted but he would never leave the field open for other parties. “Even if we do not get the bat symbol, we will still participate in the elections.
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