JUIP to hold intra-party elections on 29th

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUIP) has decided to hold intra party elections of party’s central setup in Peshawar on September 29, the JUIP spokesman on Thursday said.

All the council members from across the country would participate in elections to elect central Ameer and party’s secretary general for a period of five years.

The JUIP spokesman Aslam Ghori said that party’s elections for four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad had already been completed.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) at a hearing on August 30, sought time from the electoral entity for completing its intra-party elections as the political party’s organisational structure, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), became dysfunctional following the expiry of the terms of its office-bearers this July 7.

The defence counsel said the JUIP intra-party polls process would complete in the coming days, and sought time in this regard, for the party polls to complete.

The bench of ECP after hearing the case on September 18, had reserved its ruling. The next hearing will be held on October 08.

Senator Maulana Attaur Rehman and Maulana Attaul Haq Darvesh were elected party’s Ameer and Secretary General from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Maulana Mahmood Mian and Hafiz Naseer elected as Ameer and Secretary General respectively from Punjab while Senator Maulana Abdul Wasay and Maulana Mahmood Shah were elected as Ameeer and Secretary General from Balochistan province.

From Sindh, Maulana Abdul Qayyum and Maulana Rashid Soomro were elected as Ameer and Secretary General from Sindh, Mufti Awais Aziz and Mufti Abdullah were elected as Ameer and Secretary General from Islamabad.

Maulana Waliur Rehman and Bashir Qureshi were elected as Ameer and Secretary General from Gilgit-Baltistan.

Holding intra-party elections is a mandatory requirement for every political party under the relevant election laws.

Section 208(1) of the Elections Act 2017 provides that the office-bearers of a political party at the federal, provincial and local levels, wherever applicable, shall be elected periodically in accordance with the constitution of the political party: Provided that a period, not exceeding five years, shall intervene between any two elections.