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      <title>PTI to hold intra-party polls three days before general elections</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced its decision to conduct intra-party elections on February 5, three days before the country opens its polling booths to over 128 million registered voters.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nomination papers would be received by 8pm on February 2, according to the election schedule issued by intra-party polls chief election commissioner Raoof Hasan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The decision comes after two weeks when the Supreme Court &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30347601/pti-to-contest-elections-without-bat-as-sc-upholds-ecp-order"&gt;upheld&lt;/a&gt; the December 23 order of the Election Commission of Pakistan that &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30345180/pti-loses-its-bat-symbol-as-ecp-scrapes-intra-party-election"&gt;nullified&lt;/a&gt; the intra-party elections of the PTI.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In reaction to the SC judgement, the party &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30347681/pti-candidates-to-contest-elections-as-independent-candidates"&gt;decided&lt;/a&gt; that its candidates would contest elections as independents. The party founded by Khan has been campaigning for their leaders on social media.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;But it has also expressed concerns over the safety of its leaders in the wake of a &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30349401/blast-kills-four-wounds-six-in-balochistans-sibi"&gt;blast near a party rally in Balochistan’s Sibi&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30349504/pti-candidate-rehan-zeb-khan-gunned-down-in-bajaur"&gt;killing of Rehan Zeb Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A resolution related to the above-mentioned decision was adopted in the general body meeting of the party on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The party would conduct the scrutiny of papers on February 2 and it would release the final list of candidates on February 3.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Moreover, the polling would be conducted on Monday from 10am to 4pm and the results would be announced on February 6.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Following are the names of election commissioners in provinces and Gilgit Baltistan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Qazi Muhammad Anwar – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Senate Waleed Iqbal – Punjab&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Justice (retd) Noorul Haq Qureshi – Sindh&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Muhammad Dawood Khan – Balochistan&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shah Nasir – Gilgit Baltistan&lt;/li&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced its decision to conduct intra-party elections on February 5, three days before the country opens its polling booths to over 128 million registered voters.</strong></p>
<p>Nomination papers would be received by 8pm on February 2, according to the election schedule issued by intra-party polls chief election commissioner Raoof Hasan.</p>
<p>The decision comes after two weeks when the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30347601/pti-to-contest-elections-without-bat-as-sc-upholds-ecp-order">upheld</a> the December 23 order of the Election Commission of Pakistan that <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30345180/pti-loses-its-bat-symbol-as-ecp-scrapes-intra-party-election">nullified</a> the intra-party elections of the PTI.</p>
<p>In reaction to the SC judgement, the party <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30347681/pti-candidates-to-contest-elections-as-independent-candidates">decided</a> that its candidates would contest elections as independents. The party founded by Khan has been campaigning for their leaders on social media.</p>
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<p>But it has also expressed concerns over the safety of its leaders in the wake of a <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30349401/blast-kills-four-wounds-six-in-balochistans-sibi">blast near a party rally in Balochistan’s Sibi</a> and the <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30349504/pti-candidate-rehan-zeb-khan-gunned-down-in-bajaur">killing of Rehan Zeb Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur</a>.</p>
<p>A resolution related to the above-mentioned decision was adopted in the general body meeting of the party on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The party would conduct the scrutiny of papers on February 2 and it would release the final list of candidates on February 3.</p>
<p>Moreover, the polling would be conducted on Monday from 10am to 4pm and the results would be announced on February 6.</p>
<p>Following are the names of election commissioners in provinces and Gilgit Baltistan</p>
<ul>
<li>Qazi Muhammad Anwar – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</li>
<li>Senate Waleed Iqbal – Punjab</li>
<li>Justice (retd) Noorul Haq Qureshi – Sindh</li>
<li>Muhammad Dawood Khan – Balochistan</li>
<li>Shah Nasir – Gilgit Baltistan</li>
</ul>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:00:24 +0500</pubDate>
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