The PTI on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Senator Saifullah Abro \u2014 a party-affiliated candidate contesting for the February 8 elections from NA-194 \u2014 after he withdrew from the constituency in favour of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s decision to revoke the PTI\u2019s iconic electoral symbol \u2018bat\u2019 and declare its intra-party polls as \u201cunconstitutional\u201d. Subsequently, the PTI fielded its leaders as independent candidates with a variety of electoral symbols. Abro\u2019s decision to switch parties came after he met Bilawal a day earlier in Lahore, according to the PPP. In a post on social media platform X today, Abro confirmed the meeting and said he had decided to withdraw from the election race in the constituency. \u201cI am withdrawing in favour of Bilawal and have decided to compete with the tiger (PML-N),\u201d he said. Meanwhile, Bilawal thanked Abro for his support. \u201cPTI workers across the country are beginning to understand that the only way to stop PML-N is to vote for PPP\u2019s arrow on Feb 8,\u201d he wrote on X. \u201cI also appeal to political workers from all parties to vote smartly and we can pull off a surprise on Election Day,\u201d the PPP chairman added. Responding to the development, the PTI issued a show-cause notice to Abro for going against the party policy. \u201cYou being elected as a senator on the party\u2019s ticket in the Senate of Pakistan and also awarded party ticket to contest General Elections 2024 have shown grave indiscipline by violating the party\u2019s discipline,\u201d the notice, issued by PTI General Secretary Omar Ayub Khan, said. \u0645\u06cc\u0631\u06cc \u06a9\u0644 \u0686\u0626\u06cc\u0631\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u067e\u06cc\u067e\u0644\u0632\u067e\u0627\u0631\u0679\u06cc \u0628\u0644\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0628\u06be\u0679\u0648 \u0632\u0631\u062f\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0633\u06d2 \u0645\u0644\u0627\u0642\u0627\u062a \u06a9\u06cc \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06d2 \u062d\u0644\u0642\u06c1 NA-194 \u0633\u06d2 \u062f\u0633\u062a\u0628\u0631\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u06c1\u0648\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u0648\u06ba\u06d4 \u06cc\u06c1\u0627\u06ba \u0628\u0644\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0628\u06be\u0679\u0648 \u0632\u0631\u062f\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u062d\u0642 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062f\u0633\u062a\u0628\u0631\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u06c1\u0648\u06a9\u0631 \u0634\u06cc\u0631 \u06a9\u0627 \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0628\u0644\u06c1 \u06a9\u0631\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u0627 \u0641\u06cc\u0635\u0644\u06c1 \u06a9\u06cc\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2\u06d4@BBhuttoZardari #PPP #PTI https:\/\/t.co\/ZoPdoRrl6z \u2014 Senator Saifullah Abro (@SaifullahA_PTI) January 26, 2024 It directed Abro to provide a written response within three days on why action should not be taken against him. \u201cIf your reply is unsatisfactory or you do not respond, further action will be taken as per party policy and rules,\u201d the notice added. At a rally a day earlier, Bilawal had urged PTI workers not to \u201cwaste\u201d their votes on independent candidates and instead opt for his party\u2019s candidates on Feb 8. He said if PTI supporters wished to stop PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif from becoming the prime minister for a fourth time, they could either waste their vote by opting for independent candidates, \u201cwhich amounts to supporting the PML-N\u201d or \u201cstrategically use their right to vote\u201d. \u201cThey [PTI supporters] should consider this a contest between two parties, and to stop the lion in its path, they should stamp the arrow of PPP,\u201d Bilawal said while referring to the electoral symbols of PML-N and PPP. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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