PTI-Q vs PTI Ideological

All of us that call ourselves ideological members of the party and true bearer of its ideology have to now prove that we can compete in a free and fair IPE and regain control of the party. That is only possible when we act on the ground and make as many new members as possible. Any hesitation or lack of activity will be costly. Our success in making new members will lay the foundation to compete against PTI-Q and ensure that our candidates win at all tiers of the organisation. The next intra-party election (IPE) will be between money of PTI-Q and junoon of PTI. PTI-Q has always mocked the junoon and said that money always trumps it. They have also made remarks in private that junoon can be bought. Now we have to prove that they are wrong and it is only junoon that can lead PTI to transform Pakistan into a progressive and prosperous country.

While all of you are busy in membership, we have been asking PTI EC to be more transparent in its operations. Here is an email I sent to them few days ago and their lack of response to answer these important questions will raise concerns. So I humbly request them to provide all this information.

Salam, Mr Tasneem Noorani and members of PTI EC

I congratulate all of you on starting the election process by dissolving the former unconstitutional interim organisers and launching the membership drive. One of the experience from last IPE was that the membership data was manipulated by certain individuals that had vested interest in the final outcome. The success of next IPE as a free and fair exercise will not just depend on outward but also inward transparency and accountability.

The key factor in any digitised election process is the authenticity of voters’ database and ensuring that no vested interest has access to it. It is with this perspective I request PTI EC to provide following information:

1. Who is the person responsible for database management? We would like to know their profile and it should be published on PTI web site. If you recall one of our party objections against Pakistan Election Commission was that NADRA collaborated with provincial election commissioner to manipulate voters list and based on that we have filed a petition for NA-122. Similar situation could arise in PTI IPE if the person responsible for database management is compromised.
2. List of people that have access to database especially those that have rights to edit and change entries. This list should be published at all times and if there is a change in it then everyone should be informed about it.
3. It is a usual practice in any digital system but I want to still confirm that every change in database should be time stamped both original and subsequent entries. Any lists provided for verification to districts must provide the time stamp information.

I hope PTI EC will provide this information at their earliest. We want to help in organising a free and fair IPE but it is only possible when PTI EC remains more open and collaborative.

ABDUL QUAYYUM KHAN KUNDI

Islamabad