The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday dismissed Safdar Abbasi’s petition challenging the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) intra-party polls.
According to sources, the ECP was of the view that the commission had no right to scrutinise intra-party polls and the relevant forum to challenge the polls was high court.
Safdar Abbasi, former PPP senator, had formally moved the ECP, terming the PPP intra-party polls farcical and 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 electoral symbol to the party for contesting the next general election.
