Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has withdrawn its petition from the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a level playing field in the upcoming general elections. As the hearing of the PTI’s appeal began in the Supreme Court on Monday, Counsel Latif Khosa said the party would like to go to the people's court for the survival of democracy. “We want to go to the court of 250 million people,” he asserted, and told the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP): “Thank you very much.” CJP Qazi Faez Isa asked: “Do you want to pursue the case or not?” Khosa replied that he had been instructed to withdraw the application. “We came to you for a level playing field for fair and transparent elections,” he remarked, adding that people had been allotted symbols like glass, bowl etc. “We have been humiliated,” the lawyer said. In response, CJP Isa said whether they wanted to accept the court’s decision or not was their choice, adding that the judges should not be blamed for the court’s verdict.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)