The country’s electoral measurement authority-Election Commission in Pakistan (ECP) -In will take up tomorrow (Tuesday) a case related to the election between the party in Imran Khan’s PTI.

In this regard, the ECP has issued messages to PTI, its nominal chairman, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, and the party’s main commissioner, Raoof Hasan.

The ECP has also notified PTI’s dissatisfied founding member Akbar S Babar and other respondents. The authority has held eight hearings of the case, which has been pending since March 2024.

In December 2023, the Commission declared PTI’s election in the Intra Party’s elections and invalid in considering various irregularities while hearing a complaint filed by Akbar’s Babar.

The Supreme Court on January 17, 2024, maintained the ECP order.

As a result of the order, PTI lost its electoral symbol on cricket bats, and its candidates had to contest February 8, 2024 parliamentary elections as independent.

Shortly after the election, in March 2024, PTI conducted intra-party polls, declaring that Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub Khan had been elected unanswered as chairman and secretary general of the election “by election held in accordance with Supreme Court guidelines”.

However, the ECP again raised objections to the way voting was held.

It said that PTI could not make elections within the election in accordance with the election in section 208 (2). 1, in the last five years, which made the party without the organizational structure.

Also, PTI could not submit the required documents to admit in accordance with section 202 (2). 5, when the party had to submit the documents when choosing parties. In addition, ECP from PTI asked if the party’s general body meeting held on January 31, 2024, was in line with section 208 (2). 3.

PTI appointed the federal election commissioner for the intra-party elections in accordance with the solution of the general organ meeting, while a party had to form the election college in accordance with section 208 (2). 3.

According to the PTI Constitution, the National Council on the recommendations of the CEC will appoint the Federal Election Commissioner.

The ECP asked from PTI about the status of the general body and the federal chief -election commissioner when the general body deputed the supreme organizer informing the federal chief election commissioner.

The ECP asked if the general body could appoint Chief Organizer and the Federal Election Commissioner. It sought PTI’s position on the five applications related to the choice of intra-party, and asked the party, which is why the ECP should not intervene against the party under section 208 (5).