Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Gohar Ali Khan voiced deep concerns over the recent decision of the Supreme Court regarding the long-standing bat symbol saga.
The chairman expressed his reservations stating that the verdict has added another chapter to the controversy surrounding decisions made by the top court.
Addressing the media, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan highlighted the significant impact of the Supreme Court's decision on the political landscape, particularly as it pertains to the upcoming elections.
"Today, fourteen applications have weighed on twenty-four million people," he stated, emphasizing the far-reaching consequences of the ruling.
Barrister Gohar Ali Khan went on to underscore the immense voter base of PTI, stating, "100 million voters belong to PTI." He lamented that the decision has left the party in a challenging position, prompting a reevaluation of their electoral strategy.
"We told the High Court that one of our petitions was filed in the Peshawar High Court," Barrister Gohar Ali Khan explained, indicating that the party had pursued legal avenues to address their concerns before the Supreme Court's ruling.
Earlier, a three-member bench, comprising the CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali, heard the ECP’s plea challenging the PHC decision to restore the PTI’s election symbol.
Announcing the verdict, the CJP said the ECP “has been calling upon the PTI to hold its intra-party elections since May 24, 2021 and at that time the PTI was in the federal government and in some provinces.”
He added “Therefore, it cannot be stated that ECP was victimising PTI. Nonetheless we wanted to satisfy ourselves that the ECP had not acted mala fide of ulterior reason or that PTI was discriminated against; it transpired that ECP had passed orders against 13 other registered political parties which were far more severe than the order passed against PTI.”
