Insaf Panel wins PTI's intra-party polls

ISLAMABAD: The Insaf Panel has won the intra-party polls of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

According to the party’s chief election commissioner, Azam Swati, the Insaf Panel received 189,055 votes while the Ehtesab Panel bagged 41,647 votes.

The members of the party — around two million in number — sent their votes via SMS to select the party’s hierarchy.

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The party’s present senior leadership, including PTI Chairman Imran Khan, were all contesting from the Insaf Panel.

Others who have been elected by the party members include Shah Mahmood Qureshi as the vice-chairman, Jahangir Tareen as the secretary-general, Aleem Khan as central Punjab president, Arif Alvi as Sindh president, Yar Muhammad Rind as Balochistan president and Ali Amin Gandapur as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (south) president.

Holding of intra-party polls is mandatory for all political parties of the country according to the law.