The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) and other political parties have rejected the intra-party election of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf terming a mockery of the election process and the Election Commission of Pakistan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday. 

PILDAT says elections neither clean nor transparent

PILDAT head Ahmad Bilal said that the PTI intra-party elections are neither clean nor transparent, the requirements of the elections were not fulfilled. It was not an election, it was just a formality, he added.

The PILDAT head was of the view that proper elections were not conducted, the PTI had time if it wanted proper elections.

PML-N terms it a “selection”

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb termed the election of the PTI Chairman as a "selection".

She said that once again the process of “selection” in the PTI has been completed in just 15 minutes. By stopping the press release of the election result for an hour and half, they tried to hoodwink the people, the Election Commission of Pakistan and their party workers.

“What kind of election was this which held at an unknown and secret location, which had no proposer, no supporter, no voters, no voters list, no presiding officer, and no election process? The founding members of the party and workers were excluded from the election process due to the fear. It is called rigging, autocracy and selection," she added.

She went on to say: “If you want to see the picture of rigged, managed, manipulated and dictated elections, then look at this "selection" today.

“This is a serious mockery of democracy, Election Commission and party workers and an open violation of election rules.”

She urged the Election Commission of Pakistan to take notice of the sham PTI elections.

PPP says PTI didn’t find its own man, got a ‘jiyala’ for chairman

Pakistan Peoples Party has also rejected the PTI intra-party election.

During a presser today, PPP leader Faisal Kundi said that the PTI intra-party elections raised many questions.

He said that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan had contested elections on the PPP ticket in the past.

Kundi took a dig at the PTI saying that the Tahreek-i-Insaf did not find its own man, it got only a ‘jiyala’.

A slap on face of democracy

IPP leader Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has raised questions on the PTI intra-party elections, asking “Whether PTI will accept such kind of general elections? If such an exercise is conducted by others the PTI will raise alarm saying the country is at risk.”

He said these are not elections rather a slap on the face of democracy. “Has former PTI chairman been lecturing others on such kind of democracy for the last 26 years?” he asked.

Reporter Awais Kiyani