Hum Awam party asks for bat symbol from ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Hum Awam Pakistan Party, headed by Muhammad Amjad Chaudhry, has sought the symbol of bat from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, Ahmer Zaman Khan, who is additional secretary general of the party, said the (ECP’s) decision that came at night proved that the Constitution and the law are everything. “Our election symbol was lock but it was withdrawn for not submitting the returns. Now the Election Commission is requested to allot us the election symbol of bat,” he pleaded.

Ahmer Zaman said that his party had asked for the election symbol of bat earlier. After the symbol is now available, the Election Commission should accept their already submitted request and allot the same to them.

“We have this right to request for the very symbol under the Constitution and accordingly we have requested Election Commission and we have full faith in it.”

Recently, the Election Commission had canceled the registration of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) and also withdrawn the election symbol Eagle, which was allotted to it. Now, the symbol has been allotted to Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party.

Meanwhile, details of symbols allotted to political parties are presently not available on the commission’s website. There are as many as 171 election symbols on the list, displayed on the Election Commission’s website for independent candidates.

“Will be available soon,” was seen written in the space meant for the list of symbols allotted to political parties. Whether the PTI again gets this symbol may become clear sometime during next week, when it moves the court.

Likewise, as of Saturday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf remains on the serial number 99 of political parties enlisted on the Election Commission’s website. However, the name of Imran Khan as the party chairman, which was mentioned in this list of political parties on December 20, is missing.