ECP lists 160 parties, several without a named chief
PTI, MQM, PkMAP, TLP and Pakistan Sunni Tehreek appear in the updated record without a party head, and the commission says the PkMAP case is still pending.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has published an updated list of 160 registered political parties, and the record leaves the leadership field blank for several of the largest.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and the Pakistan Sunni Tehreek all appear on the list without a party head named. Awam Pakistan Party has been added to the register, and its chief's name is also absent. The reports by Daily Times, Minute Mirror and The Nation carry the same total of 160 parties.
Daily Times reported that the commission had removed the name of MQM's head and the leadership details of PkMAP, and that the changes affected other registered organisations as well. Minute Mirror reported that the names had been omitted from the updated record. Neither outlet cited a reason from the commission for the blanks covering PTI, MQM, TLP, Pakistan Sunni Tehreek or Awam Pakistan Party.
The commission's only published comment on a party's internal affairs concerned PkMAP. According to the ECP, the party's case involves its intra-party elections and proposed amendments to its constitution. The commission said the matter remains under consideration and has not reached a final decision.
Minute Mirror described the document as covering the parties registered with the electoral authority, including those whose leadership information is not mentioned. The Nation put the same point in its headline, reporting that several leadership details remain unlisted.
The list is the commission's updated record of recognised political organisations. It gives the count of registered parties, but for the parties named above it stops short of recording who heads them. The ECP has not said what happens to those entries next.
Daily Times reported that the updated record reflects changes in the leadership information of several political organisations, and that the commission had separately provided information on the PkMAP matter. The case, in the commission's account, has not been decided.
How the reports differ
All three reports carry the same figure of 160 parties and the same set of parties listed without a named head. They differ in how they describe those entries: Daily Times said the commission had removed the names of MQM's head and of PkMAP's leadership and that other organisations were affected, Minute Mirror said the names were omitted from the updated record, and The Nation led on leadership details remaining unlisted. Daily Times and Minute Mirror both carried the ECP's statement that PkMAP's intra-party elections case is still pending, and reported it the same way.
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