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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notice to PML-N President Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif.

Notice issued by the Election Commission for failing to hold intra-party elections.

The notice stated that the election symbols will not be allotted to those who didn’t hold intra-party elections.

On the other hand, the ECP has also issued final notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for not holding intra-party elections. PTI has been directed to hold party elections by June 13.

The intra-party election is a fundamental indicator to explore the authenticity of democratization and decentralization of political parties.

Over the years intra-party elections in the mainstream political parties of Pakistan have proved merely a mock exercise with most of the parties under the control of either their founders or their legal heirs.

The mainstream parties including the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) don’t have such a strong democratic culture and history proves this fact.

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