Uneven playing field

The term ‘level playing field’ has become a joke after the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the ECP’s decision to deprive the PTI of its ‘bat’ election symbol. 

This is not the first time our courts have wielded such influence, nor will it be the last. In each constituency, PTI voters will have to remember the correct symbols for the PTI National Assembly and provincial assembly candidate, both will be different.

This will not be easy, especially in the rural constituencies. As a result, the room for mistakes and rejected votes will increase. Meanwhile the ECP has permitted the Awami National Party (ANP) to use its original symbol despite the party’s failure to hold its own internal polls.

Sajjad Ali Mugheri

Larkana