” Akbar S Babar to challenge PTI’s intra-party election, again ” | GNN INFO

ISLAMABAD: Akbar S Babar, founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has decided to challenge the intra-party election, says in media reports.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday announced the resilts of its latest intra-party elections elections. According to those, Barrister Gohar was elected party chairman unopposed, Omar Ayub elected secretary-general unopposed, and incarcerated Yasmin Rashid elected president unopposed and Ali Amin Gandapur elected as president of PTI’s KP chapter unopposed.

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Reacting to the outcome of the PTI intra-party election, Akbar S Babar termed it a ‘fraud’ and announced to challenge it in the Election Commission of Pakistan. “I will challenge the PTI’s intra-party elections in ECP on March 5 (tomorrow).”

Babar said only 940 people voted in the election which is only 0.11 per cent of the party’s strength. Akbar S Babar was of the view that every PTI leader has a right to contest intra-party elections for party chairman.

On December 22, 2023, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stripped Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of its electoral symbol ‘bat’ symbol in a decision on founding member Akbar S Babar’s petition challenging the intra-party elections to be in line with the rules. – INP