The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday announced to approach Supreme Court (SC) against the Peshawar High Court (PHC) verdict, restoring Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) order which had stripped the party of its electoral symbol \u2018bat\u2019. Talking to journalists, Barrister Gohar Khan dubbed the PHC\u2019s verdict \u201cbiggest reflection of the ECP\u2019s biasness\u201d, saying that it has decided to approach Supreme Court (SC) against the today\u2019s order. Gohar Khan questioned over the \u201clegitimacy of election\u201d after the ECP deemed the PTI\u2019s intra-party polls \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and revoked the party\u2019s iconic \u2018bat\u2019 electoral symbol. \u201cIf you take away the \u2018bat\u2019, the world will not recognise your election,\u201d he said. He said that the electoral watchdog was \u201cchasing the case\u201d like it had never done so in the past, urging the Supreme Court (SC) to \u201cdo us this kindness and listen to us,\u201d. Meanwhile, the Gohar Khan also said that his party would not boycott the election. \u201cWe will not boycott [the polls] under any circumstances,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cWe will urge the SC \u2014 the \u2018bat\u2019 is not necessary, give us some other symbol. \u201cIf the Supreme Court does not restore the bat, all the PTI candidates would the contest elections independently,\u201d he added. Earlier in the day, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) revoked the stay order and restored the ECP decision to declare PTI intra-party polls null and void and stripping it of its election symbol \u2014 bat. On December 26, the high court announced the verdict on PTI\u2019s petition challenging the ECP\u2019s verdict, which had stripped PTI of using the \u2018bat\u2019 symbol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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