ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has been barred by the Election Comm
ission of Pakistan from using the bat as its electoral symbol.
The decision is a result of PTI’s failure to h
old intra-party elections in 2016.
The ECP, however, added that till the political party successfully conducts intra-party elections, it will not be assigned the ‘Bat’ symbo
l for any elections in future.
Late last month, the ECP stressed that PTI was ineligible to be allotted the ‘Bat’ symbol to contest for any election under sections 11 and 12 of the Political Parties Order (PPO) 200
2.
ECP officials said the Comm
ission had withdrawn the ‘Bat’ symbo
l for PTI in the upcoming
by-elections in Chakwal. It is noteworthy that PTI last conducted intra-party elections on March 23, 2013.