The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has challenged the Peshawar High Court's decision to restore the PTI's election symbol before the Supreme Court.
The commission has filed a petition before the apex court in this regard, according to which the high court's decision is against the law and Constitution.
A consultative meeting was held on Thursday, with Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja in the chair.
Following the meeting, the election commission’s legal team has started preparing the petition for moving the apex court on the order of the ECP officials.
Meanwhile, the caretaker information minister also held a meeting with officials of the election commission.
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The meeting was also attended by the four members of the commission and the ECP legal team.
On Wednesday, the Peshawar High Court allowed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to contest the upcoming elections in February on its bat symbol. A two-judge bench, including Justice Arshad Ali and Justice Ijaz Anwar, heard the appeal.
The court had earlier on Wednesday reserved its decision on the PTI’s appeal against the election commission’s decision to withdraw the symbol from the party and nullify its intra-party elections. It had heard arguments from the election commission, the PTI and other parties, and reserved its decision.
The PHC accepted the PTI’s appeal and declared the election commission’s decision of December 22 null and void.
Later, a written order of the two-judge bench issued by Justice Arshad Ali declared the election commission’s December 22 verdict unconstitutional and nullified it.
