Imran Khan's Party To Challenge 'Flawed' Verdict On Intra-Party Polls

The Election Commission of Pakistan last week rejected the organisational elections of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and its plea to have a cricket bat as the electoral symbol for the general elections.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Monday said that it will challenge the election commission's decision to declare its intra-party polls as unconstitutional and revoke the iconic 'cricket bat' symbol in the Peshawar High Court.

A five-member panel of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday rejected the organisational elections of Khan's party and its plea to have a cricket bat as the electoral symbol for the general elections.

PTI lawyer and central information secretary Mohammad Muazzam Butt on Monday said the party had decided to approach the Peshawar High Court and file a writ petition on December 26, Dawn newspaper reported.