Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said in the event that his party is banned, he will float a new political party to contest the upcoming general elections and will win the elections, Dawn reported citing Nikkei Asia.
Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government's key coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), on Tuesday, proposed to dissolve the national and all the provincial assemblies on August 8.
Advocate Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the court on behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. Meanwhile, Amjad Parvez represented the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The ECP said that the applications can be submitted with the signature of the party leader until July 19. The electoral watchdog further said that the signature of the party leader on the application is a must.
The upcoming general election is most likely to be conducted on the basis of the delimitation exercise that was carried out and published in August last year.
Pakistan has been plagued by a deep socio-political and economic crisis, bringing the country to a near standstill with no visible signs of a turnaround.
The ECP, in the 14-page petition, had asked the apex court to review its decision as the judiciary "doesn't have the authority to give the date of elections."
The electoral authority had postponed the Punjab polls to October, which the PTI had challenged. The Supreme Court, in an April 4 order, declared the ECP's decision to be unconstitutional, without lawful authority or jurisdiction, void ab-initio and of no legal effect.