ISLAMABAD: A new contestation has erupted within Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf( PTI) as elderly leaders Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub Khan’s independent training for the National Assembly has come to light, placing the party leadership in a delicate position. Following the Election Commission of Pakistan’s( ECP) recognition of 39 PTI-combined National Assembly members, a list of those who queried choices as independent campaigners has been revealed.
It has been bared that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub submitted their nomination papers as independent campaigners for the choices held on February 8 this time. The current PTI leadership also didn’t declare party cooperation in the nomination papers submitted to the election commission. lately, the Supreme Court allowed members who won choices as independents and joined the Sunni Ittehad Council in the National Assembly time to join PTI.
Rather than become members of the Sunni Ittehad Council within the National Assembly, Barrister Gohar and Omar Ayub favored staying independent. The central leadership did not disclose party collaboration in their candidacy papers when they joined the Sunni Ittehad Council. Other National Assembly members who didn’t declare PTI cooperation in their nomination papers include Ali Muhammad Khan, Shehryar Afridi, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Hammad Azhar’s father Mian Azhar, Jamshed Dasti, and Riaz Fatyana.
Notable numbers from PTI who didn’t declare their cooperation include Sunni Ittehad Council’s leader Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Atif Khan, and Sanaullah Masti Khel. Those with independent status in the National Assembly include Ali Asghar Khan, Mubarak Zeb, Muhammad Aslam Ghumman, Usman Ali, Zahoor Ahmed, and Aurangzeb Kuchi. Meanwhile, the ECP has approached the Supreme Court for an explanation, writing a letter to register regarding the submission of party cooperation instruments by 41 PTI MNAs. Before the day, the ECP officially recognized 39 members of the National Assembly as part of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
According to a prophet, the commission uploaded the announcement to its website.
“In the performance of the order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, dated July 12, 2024, the following returned contenders against general seats of the National Assembly are declared to have been returned as contenders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf( PTI), ” said the release.
After the apex court ruled the decision in favor of PTI, the electoral watchdog in a press release verified its commitment to misbehave with the court’s directive but instructed its legal platoon to identify any perpetration obstacles instantly. The commission declared,” The ECP will continue to perform its duties in agreement with the Constitution and the law, without yielding to any pressure. ”
The apex court’s maturity verdict capsized the Peshawar High Court judgment dated March 25 and also declared the Election Commission of Pakistan order dated March 1 unconstitutional, lacking legal authority and having no legal effect.
The apex court declared that the denial of an election symbol doesn’t affect the indigenous and legal rights of a political party in any manner to share in an election and to address campaigners whereas the ECP is under an indigenous duty to act, interpret and apply all statutory vittles consequently.
