The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned about 114 political parties, including the ruling PPP and its coalition partners MQM and PML-Q, to conduct intra-party elections before the announcement of polls’ schedule, or else they would be barred from contesting election. The ECP on Thursday issued a list of 114 political parties among a total 216 registered parties that had failed to conduct intra-party elections and submit their results to the ECP so far. The ruling party, which is registered as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, held the last intra-party election in 2006, whereas party elections are to be held every two years according to the charter of the party.
