ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stripped of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of its iconic ‘bat’ symbol a sign that depicts its founder, Imran Khan’s former life of cricket.
A five-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja declared PTI’s intra-party elections “unlawful”. The order was announced on the petition of Akbar S Babar, a former PTI member, who claimed that the PTI did not stage the elections in line with the rules.
This serves as a major blow to the former ruling party as it gears up for the February 8 elections.