Islamabad, Dec 3:
Pakistan’s political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) elected Gohar Ali Khan as its new chairman on Saturday by holding an intra-party election on the directions of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Khan, a barrister by profession, was elected unopposed after being nominated for the slot by the party’s former chairman Imran Khan, whom the ECP had disqualified in August this year in a gift repository case.
On Nov. 23, the ECP annulled the PTI’s intra-party polls held in June last year, asking the party to hold the intra-party elections within 20 days if it wants to retain its “bat” symbol in the forthcoming general elections slated for Feb. 8 next year.
Following his win, the new chairman told the media that the party conducted polls according to the constitution and results will be submitted to the ECP.
Earlier this week, the PTI said the barrister will remain the temporary head of the party until the court overturns the former chairman’s disqualification.
