Crippled party can’t be resurrected with ‘bat’

Tareen terms PHC's decision contrary to public expectations

LODHRAN:

Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Patron-in-Chief Jahangir Khan Tareen on Friday took a jibe at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, saying that a crippled party could not be resurrected with the crutches of an election symbol – ‘cricket bat’.

The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday had suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to nullify the PTI’s intra-party polls and revoke its popular symbol.

The PHC in its order directed the electoral body to publish the PTI’s certificate on its website and restore its electoral symbol.
In a statement issued here, the IPP chief termed the PHC's decision contrary to public expectations.”

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Tareen said that it was the ECP's authority to give or withdraw the election symbol to any political party. He said the nation was deeply concerned about the unilateral and hasty decisions taken on the current domestic and political situation.

Tareen said, “Those who undermine the foundations of the country do not deserve any concession. Why should those who caused damage to the identity of Pakistan at the international level be treated leniently?”

The IPP chief accused the former ruling PTI of playing with the country’s economy for three-and-a-half years.