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PHC restores PTI's electoral symbol, suspends ECP order

Two-member bench to resume proceedings on PTI's plea challenging ECP's order against intra-party polls after winter vacations

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26 Dec 2023

PESHAWAR: In a major legal victory for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Peshawar High Court (PHC) suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) order, restoring the party's iconic election symbol — “bat” — till a final decision on the petition.

While announcing a verdict reserved on PTI’s petition challenging the Election Commission’s order declaring the intra-party polls as "illegal", the court stated that a double bench will hear the matter after winter vacations.

The electoral body on December 22, stripped the party of its iconic "bat’" symbol — a sign that depicts its founder, Imran Khan’s former life of cricket, in a decision on former PTI leader Akbar S Babar's petition challenging the intra-party elections to be in line with the rules.