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Barrister Gohar elected PTI chairman ‘unopposed’ for second time after fresh intra-party polls​

Party spokesperson and CEC Raoof Hasan makes the announcement; Omar Ayub elected secretary general.

 

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PTI worker hospitalised after police torture at GPO Chowk; IGP denies​

Mansoor Malik
March 4, 2024

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has vehemently condemned the ‘brutal torture’ of citizens peacefully protesting against rigging in elections at GPO Chowk on March 2, following reports that one of the torture victims has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Lahore General Hospital on Sunday.

According to the PTI, Ahmad Shah, a young man, was allegedly arrested during Saturday’s PTI protest at GPO Chowk and subjected to severe torture while in custody. The party claims that the youth sustained fierce blows to his head, leading to his transfer to the ICU at Lahore General Hospital, where he is currently fighting for his life.

A police spokesman said Ahmad Shah sustained injuries when he ran to avoid arrest but fell on road in the process at the GPO Chowk. He said Shah was stable and scans at LGH showed no fracture.

 

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PTI unveils results of party polls ‘held on SC guidelines’​

Ikram Junaidi
March 4, 2024

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has officially announced the results of its intra-party polls, declaring that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub Khan have been elected unopposed as the chairman and secretary general of the party, respectively, in elections held as per Supreme Court guidelines.

In Balochistan, however, where elections were held for the provincial chapter chief on Sunday, the panel of Dawood Shah, who had the backing of PTI founder Imran Khan, prevailed over Amin Khan Jogezai and Dr Munir Ahmed Baloch.

According to the party’s provincial election commissioner, Dawood Usmankheil, three panels contested the intra-party election for PTI’s Balochistan president.

Mr Shah, a local leader from Quetta, was elected the PTI Balochistan president after securing 445 votes, while Dr Baloch, the former provincial president, remained second with 435 votes. Mr Jogezai received only 57 votes.

According to Mr Usmankheil, registered party voters cast their votes in the elections.

There were 940 registered votes, and the turnout was 100 per cent. Three votes were rejected.

PTI workers see Dr Baloch’s defeat as an upset, as he was the local favourite.

The other three provincial chapters heads have already been elected unopposed.

Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ali Amin Gandapur and Haleem Adil Sheikh will be the presidents for the party’s Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh chapters, respectively.

All winners were nominated and backed by the incarcerated PTI founder, and their victory was guaranteed anyway. However, to meet ECP’s requirement and avoid any unopposed election, rival panels also submitted nomination papers.

However, the contesting candidates later withdrew their nomination papers, paving the way for the unopposed wins of all of Mr Khan’s nominees.

Polls ‘in line with SC guidelines’

In Islamabad, PTI’s Federal Election Commissioner Raoof Hasan formally announced the results during a press conference on Sunday.

Mr Hasan claimed that intra-party elections were held for the third time as per the Supreme Court’s guidelines.

Ashraf Jabbar and Dr Muhammad Aslam, who voluntarily withdrew their nomination papers as chairman candidates and returning officers for the election of chairman and secretary general, Ayesha Khalid and Amina Ali, respectively, were also present on the occasion.

Mr Hasan said four candidates had filed nomination papers for the PTI chairman post, three of whom were accepted and one rejected.

However, the other three candidates later withdrew their nominations, and Barrister Gohar was elected the chairman unopposed.

Mr Ayub, who was also part of Barrister Gohar’s panel, was nominated by the PTI founder.

He thanked Mr Jabbar and Dr Aslam, who “voluntarily withdrew” their nomination papers in favour of Mr Gohar “in the party’s interest” and to maintain harmony and unity.

Mr Hasan added that nomination papers of Naveed Anjum Khan were rejected because he contested the general election against a PTI-backed independent candidate.

Therefore, his party membership was cancelled by the district president on February 11.

 

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Protest rallies against ‘rigging’: 300 PTI activists booked in Bahawalpur, Gujrat​

Among the booked are 30 PTI leaders and office-bearers; Dawn learns that police teams raided the houses of some activists but police deny it.

 

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PTI’s intra-party polls challenged again​

PTI founding member Babar questions unopposed election of current PTI leadership

The intra-party elections of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have come under scrutiny once again as two petitions were filed at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday for their nullification, Express News reported.

Akbar S Babar, a founding member of the party, alongside two other PTI members, lodged petitions urging for an investigation into alleged irregularities.

Former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan and PPP's Muhammad Muzammil submitted one petition, while Babar presented another, both seeking nullification of PTI's intra-party elections.

Speaking outside the ECP office, Babar expressed his disappointment, stating, "Today, we once again appeared before the ECP. It saddens me to say that we have come to file a petition against the fresh fraud committed by PTI. We had hoped that this party would give its workers their due rights. What they cry foul about regarding electoral malpractice in general elections, they do not extend the same rights to their workers. If they had given their workers their rights in the party elections, their mandate would have been accepted."

Babar also addressed his absence from the party elections, saying, "I have been asked why I did not participate in the party elections. I had announced in a press conference that the PTI chairman should declare his lawyer, and we will do the same. We organised a seminar on January 25, where we proposed this, but I was kept away from the intra-party election."

Referring to a press release by PTI announcing his departure from the party, Babar contested the decision, stating, "The Supreme Court has declared me a party member. Today, I have submitted a petition for action against them because they do not allow the party leadership to reach the workers."

Questioning the unopposed election of the current PTI leadership, Babar highlighted discrepancies, stating, "They wrote to the Supreme Court that we have 800,000 votes in our party, but in the elections, only 940 members cast their votes."

 

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PTI alleges ‘180-degree turns’ in Form-45s​

Ikram Junaidi
March 7, 2024

PTI claims the Form-45 for polling station 19 in NA-128 (Lahore) seems to have been tampered with, as the tally for Awn Saqlain has been written over, to change ‘173’ to ‘973’.—Source: ecp.gov.pk

• Party shares ‘proof’ of tampering, claims rivals’ votes unfairly increased
• Alleges turnout crossed 100pc at several polling stations
• PTI Sindh leader sarcastically advises CEC to use ‘ink remover’ rather than ‘correction fluid’

ISLAMABAD: The PTI leadership alleged on Wednesday that the Form-45s published by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on its website were heavily tampered, with the results being changed in favour of PTI’s rivals and voter turnout crossing 100 per cent at several polling stations.

 

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If it took 35 years for these politicians to understand that what they thought was a tiger, is donkey,
You guess how much time it would take for a common patwari to understand this ?

 

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