PTI boycotts PP-203 by-election in Sahiwal on Imran Khan's directives
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has announced a full boycott of the November 8 by-election in PP-203 Sahiwal-VI, warning that no candidate may use its name, flag or election symbol.
SAHIWAL — The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has announced a complete boycott of the by-election in PP-203 (Sahiwal-VI, Tehsil Chichawatni), scheduled for November 8, Dawn reported.
The announcement was made by PTI Information Secretary Shaikh Waqas Akram in a video message released on social media. Conveying the directives of the party’s founding chairman Imran Khan, he said no PTI worker, supporter, office-bearer or activist from Sahiwal would take part in campaigning or any other election-related activity at any stage.
Akram added that PTI would fully boycott the by-election in line with party policy and warned that any candidate using the party’s name, flag or election symbol would not have its official backing.
Rai Hasan Nawaz, former MNA and president of PTI West Punjab who was disqualified and de-seated from NA-143 following an anti-terrorism court decision in Faisalabad after winning the 2024 general election, told Dawn from an undisclosed location that PTI voters and supporters would not participate in the by-election. He said elections conducted under the “Form-47 government” were unacceptable to PTI, and confirmed that the Rai family would neither contest nor support any candidate or political party in the poll.
According to reports, ten candidates submitted their nomination papers for the constituency to Returning Officer Khudadad Tarar on the last day.
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