The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday announced office-bearers following the intra-party elections held last week.
According to notifications, signed by the new PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan, Chaudhary Parvaiz Elahi was appointed as Central President of the party whereas Shah Mahmood Qureshi was chosen as Vice Chairman of the party.
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In another notification, the party announced the appointment of Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Senator Saif Ullah Abro, Qasim Khan Suri and Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani as central vice presidents.
Ch Parvaiz Elahi is hereby appointed as Central President of PTI pic.twitter.com/5RvgDa6ea2
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 6, 2023
On Saturday, the former ruling party held its intra-party elections on the instructions of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and elected Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as the party's new chairman.
List of Central Vice Presidents of PTI, as per notification issued: pic.twitter.com/qXlzLAGdyo
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 6, 2023
The new party chairman was elected unopposed after being recently nominated for the post by ex-PTI chief Imran Khan.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) is hereby appointed as Vice Chairman of PTI. pic.twitter.com/S5Xwpt39Dh
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 6, 2023
The chief election commissioner of intra-party elections, Niaziullah Niazi, announced the results from a polling station in Peshawar. He said all candidates were elected unanimously in the intra-party polls.
پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے بانی چئیرمین عمران کی جانب سے منظور شدہ اور انٹرا پارٹی الیکشن میں بلامقابلہ منتخب ہونے والے سینٹرل اور صوبائی پینلز کا نوٹیفکیشن جاری کر دیا گیا pic.twitter.com/rZ3pAsOQC7
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 6, 2023
On November 23, the ECP nullified PTI's intra-party elections conducted in June of the previous year, deeming them "highly objectionable".
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