ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan on Friday asserted that political parties were ‘attacking’ the judiciary after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict, stripping PTI of its symbol – “bat”.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Gohar Khan claimed that PTI’s electoral symbol – the bat – was not just its electoral symbol but was also the symbol of the nation’s expectations.
He alleged that conspiracies were being hatched to strip PTI of its electoral symbol and exclude the party from the February 8 general elections. “The Supreme Court had settled that snatching the symbol is equivalent to dissolving a political party,” he added.
The lawyer claimed that other political parties won’t be able to gain anything on February 8. “They [political parties] will all lose their seats if transparent elections are conducted,” he added.
He warned that the upcoming elections were the most crucial for the country and derailing them would result in a huge loss for the country, alleging that other political leaders had attacked the judiciary.
Gohar Khan pointed out that the highest number of nomination papers had been filed by PTI candidates. “If you take away our electoral symbol, will all of them contest as independent candidates?” he said, adding that who will be responsible for horse-trading after the polls?”
