ISLAMABAD: About 150 political parties, who are vying for the National and provincial assembly seats in the upcoming general elections, were allotted electoral symbols by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), The News reported Monday.
However, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — the previous ruling party of the country — was missing from the list of parties uploaded on the ECP website following the ‘bat’ symbol verdict announced by the Supreme Court on Saturday last week.
According to the list, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has been allotted ‘tiger’ symbol, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP) ‘arrow’, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ‘sword’, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Nazriati (PTI-N) ‘batsman’, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) ‘eagle’, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) ‘kite’, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) ‘book’, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) ‘scale’, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) ‘turban’, Balochistan National Party (BNP) ‘axe’, Awami National Party (ANP) ‘lantern’, Balochistan National Party Awami ‘camel’ and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) ‘cow’.
Last week on Saturday, the electoral body issued an order, directing the returning officers that poll symbol should not be allotted to any candidate who belongs to another party.
