PTI candidates for 22 NA seats get different symbols

ECP hands down racket, tennis ball, bottle, eggplant, drum, others after Supreme Court stripped party of iconic bat

KARACHI:

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates are set to enter the electoral fray on 22 National Assembly seats as independent candidates, each sporting different election symbols, including a racket, tennis ball, bottle, eggplant, drum, and others. This came after the Supreme Court in a late night judgment on Saturday stripped PTI of its iconic election symbol of cricket bat.

PTI candidate for NA-229 Wali Muhammad Mughiri has been assigned the racket symbol, while Masroor Sial has been awarded the same symbol for
NA-230. Khalid Mehmood secured a table tennis ball symbol for NA-231, and Aleem Adil Sheikh wields the racket symbol for NA-232. Similarly, Advocate Haris has been awarded the symbol of still camera on NA- 233, and Faheem Khan, PTI candidate for NA-234 has been given the bottle symbol.

On NA-235, Saifur Rehman gets a tower, and Alamgir Khan on NA-236 displays the eggplant symbol. Advocate Zahoor Mehsud has been awarded the bed symbol for NA- 237, and Haleem Adil Shaikh secured a table tennis ball for NA-238. Moreover, Yasir Baloch, Ramzan Ghanchi, and Khurram Sher Zaman from NA-239, NA-240, and NA-241 respectively, make their presence felt on the ballot paper with the electoral symbol of a drum.

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Dawa Khan on NA-242 and Advocate Shujaat Ali on NA-243 got a table, while Aftab Jahangir chooses a cricket stump for NA-244. Attaullah Khan and Malik Arif Awan, PTI candidates for NA-245 and NA-246 respectively have been awarded the racket symbol. Tabish Tawfiq on NA-247 got a geyser,
Arsalan Khalid on NA-248 and Uzair Ali on NA-249 are represented on the ballot by the letter ’P’. Riaz Haider on NA-250 has been given the election symbol of a dove.

Marwat leads rally in city Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat led a rally of PTI workers from Bilawal House to Nishane Pakistan
in Karachi. Marwat said in his address to workers and citizens of Karachi that people of Karachi are politically mature and literate and therefore they have participated in the rally from their own will.

“People in this rally for the PTI and its founder are brave, I thank the brave citizens of this city there is no place for cowards in PTI,” he boomed from atop a car. He said that he will inform PTI founder about the cowardly candidates sitting in their homes. On this occasion, Khurram Sher Zaman
Aftab Jhangeer, Faheem Khan, Raja Azhar, Saeed Afridi, Advocate Ali Pulh, Advocate Rehman Mahesar and other leaders were
present on Seaview.

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Marwat said that face of justice was distorted in the courts yesterday. Courts took away election symbols, PTI candidates were arrested, symbols were allotted to PTI which are not its identity, “our nomination papers were taken away.” PTI was not given a level playing field. The right to vote for the party of their choice was taken away from Pakistanis.

He said citizens of Karachi love PTI despite threats and abuses. Marwat said that the valour of PTI workers to reach the rally despite barricades was
commendable. “We are not afraid of shelling or bullets. We promise to answer every tactic on February 8.” He criticised PPP for ruining the metropolitan city in the past 15 years.

Imran Khan’s vision for Karachi is free from prejudice, nationality and ethnicity. They thought that if they put Imran Khan in Adiala Jail, no one will mention his name. Imran Khan is not a political leader, now he has become an ideology. Marwat further said that people believe that Imran was fighting for them in Adiala. He appealed to the people to participate fully in the meeting to be held in Hyderabad on January 15