PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday gave back the election symbol of ‘Bat’ to the embattled PTI.
A two-member bench of Justice Arshad Ali and Justice Ijaz Anwar announced its decision on an intra-court appeal filed by the PTI.
When asked, PTI lawyers told the judges that the Election Commission of Pakistan took action against the PTI under the Election Act of 2015.
One of the judges said that following the law the PTI had submitted the result of the intra-party election to the ECP in seven days.
On this, a lawyer of the complainant said that the commission had to see if the election had been held following section 208 of the Act. In the election, it was stated that the pick of the office bearers was based on the whims of the party founder.
The judge remarked that all major political parties were a family affair and perhaps the PTI was the only party that had brought forward its workers.
After hearing the two sides, the high court declared the ECP decision illegal and restored bat as the election symbol of the PTI.
The court directed the party to publish tge certificate filed by the PTI following internal polls on its website.
“It is further held and declared that the PTI is entitled to the election symbol strictly in terms of Sections 215 and 217 read with any other enabling provision of the Election Act, 2017 and Election Rules, 2017,” it said.
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