Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) withdrew its petition on Monday from the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a level playing field in the upcoming general elections.
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali, heard the case.
PTI lawyer Latif Khosa told the chief justice that his party will approach the people’s court in this matter, adding that instead of a level playing field, the entire field had been taken away from PTI.
“We came seeking a level playing field but you took away the ‘field’ itself. You announced a verdict at 11:30pm on January 13 that scattered the PTI and took away 230 [reserved] seats,” he lamented.
Khosa argued that the Awami National Party’s (ANP) electoral symbol had been restored last week without holding the intra-party polls, asking, “Why was the PTI not given [its symbol]?”
“Do you want to continue this case or not?” asked CJP Isa.
Khosa replied that he had been directed to withdraw the plea.
Last year, the party filed an application in the SC to get a level playing field in the general elections amid reports of hurdles in the filing of nomination papers.
