National Herald Tribune

PTI core committee urges ECP to restore its 'bat' symbol

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ISLAMABAD, (NNI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Core Committee expressed serious concerns over the slow pace of the court proceeding­s of the cases against PTI Founding Chairman Imran Khan and strongly demanded to speed up the process of hearing of the cases so as to ensure his release from incarcerat­ion at the earliest.

PTI Core Committee meeting held on Friday, wherein a detailed briefing regarding the cases against PTI Founding was given.

The participan­ts expressed disappoint­ment over the snail pace of the hearing of the cases of Imran Khan and delay his release, demanding that the process of the hearing of his cases should be accelerate­d in order to ensure his release at the earliest.

PTI Core Committee demanded that the electoral watchdog should restore the PTI's election symbol "bat" sans any further.

They stated that the electoral body did not have any legal justificat­ion to delay the restoratio­n of PTI's electoral symbol because the party had already submitted all the relevant details of the intra-party elections.

The forum vehemently denounced the postponeme­nt of the Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhw­a (KP) and termed this action of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) an open violation of the Constituti­on, an attack on the unity and solidarity of the federation and an attempt to violate the public right to vote.

PTI Core Committee strongly condemned the attempts to tarnish the democracy through incomplete houses and the making people right to vote ineffectiv­e with criminal support of the electoral watchdog.

They also denounced the efforts to harass judges of Supreme Court and high courts Judges through threatenin­g letters laced with toxic chemical and stressed the need for taking stern action against the responsibl­e.

About the issue of IHC six judges' letter, the forum reiterated its demands that a full court should be constitute­d to probe the matter and the court proceeding­s should be broadcast live, besides holding a judicial convention.

PTI Core Committee urged the electoral body and related tribunals to

quickly

The forum endorsed launch of a countrywid­e mass movement after Eid-ul-Fitr under the banner of the newly constitute­d grand political alliance.

They announced that the first mega public gathering of the grand political alliance would organize on April 13 in Pishin district of Balochista­n.

Moreover, the PTI Core Committee strongly denounced the re-arrest and remand to women prisoners, especially Aliya Hamza and Sanam Javed.

They demanded immediate release of all PTI's workers and leaders including Imran Khan and his wife.

The participan­ts reiterated their resolve that they would continue the movement under the leadership of PTI Founding Chairman for the supremacy of constituti­on, rule of law and rule of law, restoratio­n of true democracy, respect of the people's mandate and the achievemen­t of Haqeeqi Azadi.

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