ECP dismisses petition challenging PPPP intra-party elections

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dismissed Safdar Abbasi’s petition challenging Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) intra-party elections.

According to the sources, the ECP is of the view that the commission has no right to scrutinize intra-party polls and the relevant forum to challenge the polls is high court.

Safdar Abbasi, former Senator, had formally knocked the doors of the ECP, terming the intra-party election, held by PPP, as farcical, a mala fide exercise on papers only and short of statutory requirement of the Political Parties Order 2002

He requested the ECP not to issue any Election Symbol for contesting the next general election.