ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Friday decided to postpone the inter-party elections until after February 8, a day after it announced the schedule for fresh inter-party polls.
The party will release a revised schedule after the Feb 8 general elections. It’s worth noting that the schedule released on Thursday by the Federal Election Commissioner PTI, Raoof Hassan, had set the date for intra-party polls as February 5.
The party cited the commitments of PTI-affiliated members in their respective constituencies and PTI venues being “unlawfully blocked by the administration” as reasons for the delay.
On Thursday, PTI had formally unveiled the schedule for its intra-party elections, which were to be held three days ahead of the general elections.
In a statement on Thursday, the PTI Federal Election Commission announced that individuals who have been party members up to January 31, 2024 shall be entitled to cast their votes for their favoured panel or chairman candidate at specified locations throughout Pakistan. Additionally, the party members could exercise their voting rights through the ‘Raabta Application Intra-Party Election Module’.
The polling time was set to commence at 10am and conclude at 4pm. The PTI also announced that nomination papers for prospective candidates could be obtained from the PTI Central Secretariat or the official website between Feb 1 and 2, 2024. Candidates had the option to submit their nomination papers physically at central and provincial secretariats or digitally via email.
