[🇵🇰] PTI News, Updates and Discussion

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PTI leader and senior lawyer Salman Akram Raja was arrested on Saturday in Lahore as the party protested alleged rigging in the February 8 elections.

Surrounded by security personnel and media persons, Raja said he stood "with the people of Pakistan" as the police dragged him towards their vehicle.

Later in the day, Raja, taking to X, said that he has been released.

On February 15, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar announced the initiation of nationwide protest demonstrations for Saturday (today) against perceived rigging in the general election.

He invited all political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, Grand Democratic Alliance, Awami National Party, and others, who believe their mandate was stolen, to join the protest for democracy, rule of law, and freedom.

PTI, JI unite against poll rigging

Last night, in a significant development, a delegation from the PTI met with leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, where both parties expressed their concerns over the alleged rigging in the recent general elections and announced a joint protest against the perceived irregularities.

PTI leader and former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, addressed the media after the meeting, stating that the two parties had a one-point agenda at this time – to protest against what they termed as "rigged" elections.

Read PTI asserts majority, urges respect for public mandate

Qaiser emphasised that the level of rigging alleged in this election is unprecedented, prompting the need for collective action among parties that have raised their voices against it.

 

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Protests in Karachi, Peshawar

In Karachi, hundreds of PTI workers and supporters gathered outside the Election Commission of Pakistan’s Sindh office in the city’s Saddar area.

The protesters chanted slogans against the alleged rigging and demanded the judiciary and state institutions to intervene and fix the “flaws” in the results.

The charged crowd, including women and children, carried party flags and danced to the tunes of party songs.

They claimed that the mandate of Karachi was “stolen” on Feb 8 and that it could lead to “disastrous repercussions”, like damaging the democracy and affecting the parliamentary system.

The party’s Sindh chapter president, Haleem Adil Sheikh, and other senior leaders addressed the demonstration and vowed to keep raising their voices against the “rigged” elections“.

Any move to harass PTI leaders and supporters will not stop them from exercising their democratic right to protest, the speakers vowed.

In Peshawar and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI workers, including the newly elected lawmakers, staged rallies.

The rally in the provincial capital was addressed by PTI provincial president and chief minister-designate Ali Amin Gandapur and other leaders.

In his speech, Mr Gandapur said his party would not seek revenge but would reform institutions responsible for the “political witch-hunt” of his party workers and leaders.

“Reforms are necessary for the bright future of our children,” Mr Gandapur said, without specifying which institutions he aims to reform.

Amid cheers from the protesters, the PTI leader said those who resisted reforms would be punished as per law.

Holding a portrait of the PTI’s founder and former prime minister Imran Khan, he said that the party’s next government in KP would ensure rights for women and vowed to revive the Sehat Card health insurance programme.

 

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PTI's Omar Ayub calls irregularities in polls 'mother of all rigging'​

Updated Feb 18, 16:51
PTI's candidate for the post of prime minister, Omar Ayub, termed the alleged rigging against the party “mother of all rigging“ and claimed that the 70,000 vote lead the Rawalpindi commissioner referred to was of PTI.

Addressing a press conference alongside party chairman Gohar Ali Khan, Ayub demanded that the party's candidate be notified on the "original results". "We demand that this process be reversed.

 

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Other than the crooks finding and being reminded that their manipulation to put NS failed, will these accusations (even if true) lead to anything?

 

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Imran wants IMF programme halted over 'election fraud'​

Feb 22, 18:08
Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan will write a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the alleged rigging during the February 8 general elections, his party officials said.

Speaking to journalists outside Adiala Jail after a meeting with Imran Khan, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and party leader Senator Ali Zafar confirmed Khan's plan to dispatch the letter to the IMF today.

Zafar underscored the significance of good governance, asserting, "IMF, European Union have their own mandate, and good governance is the merit of IMF." He went on to claim that international organisations refrain from engaging with countries lacking democratic practices.

 

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PTI to hold intra-party elections on March 3​

Feb 22, 2024
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will hold a fresh round of intra-party elections on March 3 as per the schedule released by the party.

According to the schedule, nomination papers for the intra-party elections can be submitted on February 23 and 24, with the scrutiny of documents scheduled for February 25.

Decisions regarding the candidacy papers for PTI intra-party elections will be finalised by February 27, while the polling is scheduled for March 3. Polling will take place in all provincial secretariats, including the central office.

PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar and General Secretary PTI Omar Ayub did not join the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). Both Gohar and Ayub will be part of the assembly as independent members, revealed sources.

Gohar is a candidate for the post of chairman, while Ayub is a candidate for general secretary.

Previously, on February 2, a day after PTI announced the schedule for fresh inter-party polls, the party opted to postpone them until after February 8.

The decision was attributed to the commitments of members in their respective constituencies and alleged "unlawful blocking of PTI venues by the administration".

Ahead of the polls, the Supreme Court had stripped the party of its symbol, upholding the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to declare PTI's internal polls as "unconstitutional."

Consequently, the party lost its iconic 'bat' electoral symbol, compelling its members to contest elections as independent candidates under different symbols. Furthermore, PTI forfeited the right to reserved seats for women and minorities.

In the aftermath of the general elections on February 8, a significant number of PTI-backed independent candidates emerged victorious. However, due to the altered political landscape, the party had to forge an alliance with the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) to secure reserved seats.