Election Commission allots election symbols to PTI candidates

By DTD- On Jan 14, 2024

Election symbols assigned to 119 candidates across three federal capital constituencies,

urges parties to ensure 5pc women candidates on general seats,

LAHORE (Tahir Chuhdary/Webdesk) – The Election Commission (ECP) has allotted symbols to the candidates belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) to contest polls as independent.

The symbols allotted include shoes, teapot, tongs, goat, sheep, shoe (khussa), chapati pan (tawa), tongue, green chili, cot, well, frying pan, ship, racket, pomegranate, hand pump, peacock, clock, Huqqah, plane (randa), charger.

Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, who has been deprived of his post of PTI chairman after Supreme Court judgement, was allotted “teapot” as symbol while Shaukat Yousafzai’s symbol was “racket”.

Shahryar Afridi will contest election with “bottle” the symbol, Shandana Gulzar has been given the symbol of “bowl” and Alia Hamza Malik from Lahore got “dice”.

The son and daughter of PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Zain and Meher Bano were allotted “shoes” and “tongs” election symbol.

Dr Riaz Lang’s election symbol is “rocket” and Sanaullah Khan Mastikhel from Bhakkar got “letterbox”.

PTI central president Pervaiz Elahi’s wife Qaisara Elahi will contest the election on the symbol of “fridge”, Aamir Dogar from Multan got “watch” and Irfanullah Khan Niazi “clock”.

It may be recalled that the Supreme Court deprived the PTI of its “bat” election symbol in its verdict on the appeal of ECP on Saturday after which the election watchdog started allotting symbols to party candidates who will contest election as independent candidates.

Earlier,

The District Returning Office (DRO) in Islamabad has allotted election symbols to a total of 119 candidates across the three constituencies of the federal capital.

According to the list issued by the DRO, a total of 44 candidates will be vying for seats in NA-46, while 29 contenders from NA-46 have opted to run as independents in the elections. Sixteen candidates from various political parties will be testing their luck in NA-46.

Mustafain Kazmi, an independent candidate competing in NA-46, has been designated the election symbol of a parachute, while Shoaib Shaheen’s symbol will be shoes.

NA-47 will witness the participation of 37 candidates, with 25 running independently and 12 representing different political parties. Notably, Chaudhry Ilyas Mehrban, an independent candidate, has been granted the symbol of a battery. Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar will step into the electoral arena with the clock as his election symbol, while Nayab Ali, a transgender candidate, will be represented by the green pepper symbol.

No Bat for PTI Players in Elections,SC

In NA-48, a total of 38 candidates will vie for seats, with 27 opting for independent candidacy. Additionally, 11 candidates from diverse political parties will enter the competition.

Notably, independent candidate Raja Khurram Nawaz will run under the pomegranate symbol, while Ali Bukhari will participate as an independent candidate with the parachute symbol.

While,

ECP has urged the political parties to ensure 5 percent representation of women on general seats for General Elections 2024, in accordance with Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017.

The ECP spokesperson on Sunday stated that all political parties need to provide the Election Commission with the list of male and female candidates holding party tickets for general seats within a period of five days.

It is noteworthy that political parties assigned symbols for the 2024 general elections must comply with Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017, ensuring a 5 percent representation of women candidates on general seats.

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